Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 540 sessions
Hoodland 92 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 34 users printed 146 jobs (485 pages)
Hoodland – 20 users printed 54 jobs (212 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 12 ecards (131 cards total) Hoodland 3 (24 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2471 sessions. This averages 80 sessions/day (84 last month) 9330 items
Hoodland – 593 sessions.  This averages 23 sessions/day (25 last month) 2133 items

We checked out a total of 11,463 items(up from last month’s 11,371) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Trick or Treat Trail – 1157 people participated

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 73 kids and 15 adults attended programs presented by My Voice Music, and staff working with the kids on weaving looms, scratch art, and a STEM day with new items selected with a grant in coordination with Catholic Charities.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 28 kids and 18 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and Watercolor Art at our STEM Club. Hoodland After School Kids’ Club – 3 kids and 1 adult.

Take & Make – 45 kids (40 Sandy, 5 Hoodland) picked up Mini Pumpkins for our pumpkin decorating contest.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Kids winner by votes: Andi Sheehan with “Glory From Wings Of Fire”
kids winner by random drawing: Grace Freshour with  “Fall Fox”

Reading Tutoring – 9 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 20 kids

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney
18 kids and 16 adults attended in the Library!
Hoot Owl , Master of Disguise by Sean taylor
Facebook – 35 views, 1 reaction

What Does Bunny See by Linda Sue Park
10 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library!
Bunny Dreams  by Peter McCarty
Facebook – 32 views

Grumpy Bird  by Jeremy Tankard
18 kids and 17 adults attended in the Library!
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Facebook – 32 views, 2 reactions

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
20 kids and 16 adults attended in the Library!
Facebook – 31 views, 2 reactions

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. In our last two weeks of presenting this storytime 14 kids and 12 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  19 kids and 16 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 94 teens (82 Sandy, 12 Hoodland) picked up a mini pumpkin for our pumpkin decorating contest.   Teen Take & Makes are available on the 1st of the month.

Teen winner by votes: Alison Ewing with “Tuesday At The Pumpkin Patch.”
Teen winner by random drawing: Lilly Benson with  “Wilson From Castaway”

Anime Club – 22 teens attended to watch anime.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 8 people attended to discuss programs for teens

Adult Programs
Special
Tamales! Tamales! Tamales! – 50 people attended our Tamale making class presented by Antfarm at Antfarm.

Dia de los Muertos – 37 people attended our craft program.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for Halloween String Art.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – We held 2 in October 51 people attended, 47 units of blood collected

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 7 people attended
ESOL tutor – 6 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)

Writing Group  – 6 people attended our writing group 

Computer Classes: Keyboard and Mouse – 1 person, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book a Librarian – We helped 1 person with their computer

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 6 people discussed The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
Men’s Book Club – 5 people discussed A Gentleman in Moscow by Amol Towles
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
Digital Book Club – 7 people discussed The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Public Notary – Hoodland 9

Exhibits
Come view the watercolor art of local artist Nolene Triska through January 4th.

Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us is the theme for 2022’s Banned Books Week. Every September for one week libraries across the country celebrate banned and challenged books. Total book challenges in 2022 set to exceed 2021 record.

Between January 1 and August 31, 2022, ALA documented 681 attempts to ban or restrict library resources, and 1,651 unique titles were targeted. 

“The unprecedented number of challenges we’re seeing already this year reflects coordinated, national efforts to silence marginalized or historically underrepresented voices and deprive all of us – young people, in particular – of the chance to explore a world beyond the confines of personal experience,” said ALA President Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada. 

Summer Reading winners:

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 535 sessions
Hoodland 81 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 41 users printed 112 jobs (277 pages)
Hoodland – 18 users printed 52 jobs (71 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 19 ecards (143 cards total) Hoodland 5 (25 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2426 sessions. This averages 84 sessions/day (87 last month) 9380 items
Hoodland – 585 sessions.  This averages 25 sessions/day (25 last month) 1991 items

We checked out a total of 11,371 items(last month 12,934) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Reading with the Snow Queen – 24 kids and 20 adults attended

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 103 kids attended programs presented by OMSI, Trackers Earth, Ballet Folklorico, and a week long art camp run by Carolina Nascimento.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 19 kids and 10 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and Binary bracelets at our STEM Club. 

Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Spring in a box.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 12 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 6 kids

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

A Gift for Nana by Lane Smith
12 kids and 6 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 24 views, 2 reactions

She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain by Philemon Sturges
6 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Let’s Sing A Lullaby With The Brave Cowboy  by Jan Thomas
Facebook – 29 views, 1 reaction

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?  by Bill Martin
20 kids and 18 adults attended in Meinig Park
The Curious Cares of Bears by Douglas Florian
Facebook – 37 views, 2 reactions

Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan
15 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Watersong by Tim McCanna
Facebook – 26 views, 2 reaction

My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
11 kids and 10 adults in Meinig Park
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 23 kids and 22 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  16 kids and 17 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 94 teens (82 Sandy, 12 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a Total Eclipse Wall Banner.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 10 teens attended to watch anime and Build Better Ramen.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 12 people attended to discuss upcoming programs for teens

Adult Programs
Special
Estampa Mexicana  – 28 people attended this dance performance at Clackamas County Bank in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for No-knead Bread Dough.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

Writing Group  – 13 people attended our twice monthly writing group 

ESOL Class – Our English for speakers of other languages class is taught by a wonderful volunteer. 8 students attended.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 3 person, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 9 people discussed Peril in Paradise by Kimila kay
Men’s Book Club – 9 people discussed The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Hoodland Book Club – 5 people discussed Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Public Notary – Hoodland 13

Summer Reading finished August 31st!

Creature Teacher – Sandy 106 kids and 60 adults
– Hoodland 26 kids and 16 adults

Busy Bugs – Hoodland 20 kids and 10 adults

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 432 sessions
Hoodland 109 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 37 users printed 115 jobs (352 pages)
Hoodland – 27 users printed 90 jobs (206 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (130 cards total) Hoodland 1 (23 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2697 sessions. Averages 87 sessions/day (up from 84 last month) 10,413 items
Hoodland – 686 sessions.  Averages 25 sessions/day (same as last month) 2521 items

We checked out a total of 12,934 items(up from last month’s 12,421) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
In coordination with Todos Juntos at Sandy, we held a very successful school supply drive! Hoodland also collected school supplies for the welches school.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 102 kids attended Summer Reading Programs presented by Mad Science, Creature Teacher, and a week long art camp run by Carolina Nascimento.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 13 kids and 9 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club. 

Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Super Seeds!  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 12 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

A Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken
9 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Tap the magic Tree by Christie Matheson
Facebook – 43 views, 2 reactions

A Bed for Bear  by Clive McFarland
17 kids and 13 adults attended in Meinig Park
We Were Tired of Living in a House  by Liesel Moak Skorpen
Facebook – 35 views, 1 reaction

Little Green Peas  by Keith Baker
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Press Here by Hervé Tullet
Facebook – 40 views, 2 reactions

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
8 kids and 9 adults attended in Meinig Park
Foxy by Emma Dodd
Facebook – 33 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 15 kids and 12 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel and Monica Smith.  19 kids and 17 adults attended.

Sasquatch word scavenger hunt – 45 kids found all the words and won a prize

Ongoing
Take and Make – 95 teens (81 Sandy, 14 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Twinkle twine lanterns.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 17 teens attended to watch anime, make paper fans, and connect with each other.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 6 people attended to discuss upcoming programs for teens

Adult Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make an Essential Oil Diffuser.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 21 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 16 people attended our twice monthly writing group 

Computer Classes: Keyboard and Mouse – 1 person

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 3 people brought titles that they were reading to share with the group
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
Hoodland Book Club – 7 people discussed Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison

Public Notary – Hoodland 12

Displays
August is national dog month!

Exhibits
Come in now to see prints and originals of local artist Doug Hunt.

Summer Reading runs through August 31st!

Dragon Theater Puppets presents Cryptozoology – 38 kids and 20 adults in Meinig Park 
– 9 kids and 3 adults at Hoodland

Busy Bugs – 40 kids and 22 adults attended in Meinig park

Mountain Festival Kids Parade – Monica Smith and volunteers helped 100 kids make bookmarks.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 429 sessions
Hoodland 80 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 31 users printed 70 jobs (226 pages)
Hoodland -25 users printed 103 jobs (267 pages)

New Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (119 cards total) Hoodland (23 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2516 sessions. Averages 84 sessions/day (down from 89 last month) 10,183 items
Hoodland – 637 sessions.  Averages 25 sessions/day (up from 24 last month) 2238 items

We checked out a total of 12,421 items(up from last month’s 12,370)through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Harry Potter’s Birthday -150 people attended. We made light up wands, quiddich balls, and sorted people into houses.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 55 kids attended Summer Reading Programs presented by Wy’East Artisans Guild, LEGO Guy, Clackamas County (Composting with Worms), and Rick Reynolds (Bugs!)

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 10 kids and 7 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and created sun prints 

Take & Make – 135 kids (115 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for weaving.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 8 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students each).

Read to a Dog – 1 kid read to a dog in person in the library

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Make a Scary Face by Jan Thomas
10 views (video did not upload correctly)

Jump Frog Jump  by Robert Kalan
8 kids and 7 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 9 views

Rhyming Dust Bunnies – by Jan Thomas 
10 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 30 views, 2 reactions

To the Beach!  by Linda Ashman
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 8 views

Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
13 kids and 10 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 32 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 11 kids and 8 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel and Monica Smith.  29 kids and 20 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 50 teens (43 Sandy, 7 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make macrame wall art.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

White Board (Passive) – Question: What brings you into the library today?  57 people participated.

Adult Programs
Special
Planning a Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden – presented by Master Gardener Dennis Brown 10 people attended in person, 5 through zoom.

Lotus Lantern Craft Workshop – in partnership with the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project.  22 people attended.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people  (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Modge Podge Fabric Bowls.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 22 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 12 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 2 people, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 6 people discussed Piranesi  by Susanna Clarke
Men’s Book Club – 7 people discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
Hoodland Book Club – 12 people discussed Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Public Notary – Hoodland 6

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Training
Five staff were able to attend a one day conference at Timberline Lodge. Greg Fox, Kimberly Gomez-Ruelas, Katie Murphy, Thea Ellen, and Molly Espenel.

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Summer Reading for all ages has begun!
Come into the library to pick up a paper log, or login to Beanstack to get started. Win great prizes!

Longest Day Parkway is back! 300 people stopped by the library booth on the route.  We handed out Summer Reading packets and giveaways.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 400 sessions
Hoodland 106 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 37 users printed 134 jobs (314 pages)
Hoodland – 12 users printed 33 jobs (91 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 22 ecards (139 cards in person) Hoodland (19 cards in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2571 sessions. This averages 89 sessions/day (up from 83 last month) 10,211 items
Hoodland – 631 sessions.This averages 24 sessions/day (up from 23 last month) 2159 items

We checked out a total of 12,370 items(up from last month’s 11,538) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading Program
Storytelling by Daniel Stevens – 13 kids and 7 adults attended.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 60 kids made scratch art, paper weaving, and beaded alphabet bracelets.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 27 kids and 12 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and worked with Perler Beads at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 145 kids (125 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Fossil Fun! – A STEM activity from the Oregon Museum of natural and Cultural History.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 10 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students each).

Read to a Dog – 20 kids read to a dog in person in the library!

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

RRRALPH by Lois Ehlert
18 kids and 11 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 35 views, 2 reactions

Iamasaurus – by Anne Ylvisaker 
14 kids and 9 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 32 views

First Star  by Will Hillenbrand
20 kids and 15 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 13 views

Can You Make A Scary Face by Jan Thomas
8 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Technical problem uploading to Facebook 

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center.  33 kids and 20 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  17 kids and 12 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 52 teens at Sandy and 7 at Hoodland picked up supplies to make macrame wall art.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

White Board (Passive) – Question: If you could grow up to be famous, what would you be famous for?  41 people participated.

Adult Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Macrame Jar Hanger kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 22 people attended, 18 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 13 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 2 people, Internet Basics – 4 people

ESOL Tutoring – 0 – 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  4 people discussed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Women’s Book Club – 6 people (4 in person, 2 through zoom) discussed City of Girls  by Elizabeth Gilbert
Men’s Book Club – 6 people discussed Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Public Notary – Hoodland 12

Displays
This month was Juneteenth and Pride!

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Summer Reading 2022 has started!
Read Beyond the Beaten Path with us this summer.

Photos on Loan
The Sandy Library currently has two photos on loan from Daniel Stevens aka the Sandy Mountain Man. Come see his storytelling at our first Summer Reading program at the gazebo in Meinig Park on June 29th at 2pm.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library in May!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 455 sessions
Hoodland 114 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  

Sandy – 16 users printed 40 jobs (165 pages)
Hoodland – 15 users printed 65 jobs (210 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 22 ecards (87 cards in person) Hoodland patrons created 2 ecards (12 cards in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2487 sessions. This averages 83 sessions/day (down from 84 last month) 9439 items
Hoodland – 581 sessions.  This averages 23 sessions/day (down from 24 last month) 2099 items

We checked out a total of 11,538 items(down from last month’s 11,808) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 57 kids made monsters, banjos, and as a special treat made books with volunteer Florence Adee.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 7 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and did Scratch Art at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 65 kids (50 Sandy, 15 Hoodland) picked up supplies for scratch art.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 7 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students).

Read to a Dog – 4 kids read to a dog in person in the library!

Storytimes
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli – presented by Shara Sala of Todos Juntos
6 kids and 3 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 25 views, 2 reactions

Duck on a Bike – by David Shannon
8 kids and 13 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 40 views, 1 reaction

Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean
6 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views, 1 reaction, 1 comment

Bee: A Peek-through Picture Book by Patricia Hegarty
16 kids and 12 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 23 views

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center.  28 kids and 18 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  16 kids and 11 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Special
Free Comic Book Day – 57 people attended

Ongoing
Take and Make – 49 teens at Sandy and 12 at Hoodland picked up supplies to make bath bombs.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 20 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

Adult Programs
Special
Spring Celebration – 13 people attended (it was cold and rainy!)

Repair Fair – 12 people attended 

What’s the Buzz – Bee City USA Program with Master Gardener Kris Lamar
Part 1 – 11 attendees
Part 2 – 4 attendees

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Natural Beeswax wraps kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 20 people attended, 15 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 15 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

ESOL Tutoring – 2 – 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed The Pearl That Broke Its Own Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency  by Alexander McCall Smith
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

Public Notary – Hoodland 3

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Staffing Changes
We hired Shelver and Substitute Clerk Greg Fox in a 20 hour/week Library Clerk position. You will see him regularly Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Sandy Library. Also Kimberly Gomez-Ruelas is now a Substitute Clerk (previously a Shelver and Substitute Clerk). Kimberly will have regular shifts at Sandy Library Tuesday and Wednesday, and at Hoodland Library on Saturday. Kimberly also helps to lead our literacy and STEM programs at Vista Apartments on Thursday. Congratulations Greg and Kimberly!

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library starting in May!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm. DHS helps families meet basic needs and work towards self-sufficiency.

Computer Users
Sandy 475 sessions
Hoodland 118 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  

Sandy – 30 users printed 121 jobs (430 pages)
Hoodland – 13 users printed 57 jobs (243 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (92 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 15 cards in person.

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2525 sessions. Average 84 sessions/day (down from 85 last month) 9665 items
Hoodland – 617 sessions.  Average 24 sessions/day (down from 26 last month) 2143 items

We checked out a total of 11,808 items(down from last month’s 12,340) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special

Dia del Nino – 198 kids and adults attended Children’s Day at Sandy Library.  

Reading Tutoring – 8 one hour sessions of reading tutoring happened in April (2 tutors and 2 students).

Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 3 kids and 2 adults made catapults at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 60 kids (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland) picked up supplies for spinning tops.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Read to a Dog – Starting in May, this program will again be in person in the library!

Storytimes at the gazebo in Meinig Park returned in March!
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
14 kids and 11 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views 1 comment

The Way Back Home – by Oliver Jeffers
11 kids and 10 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 47 views, 2 reactions

Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
On Facebook – 46 views, 3 reactions, 1 comment

Monica Smith has been presenting storytimes for the weekly Wednesday Play Group at the Community Center.

Storytimes at Hoodland! presented by Molly Espenel 
7 kids and 7 adults attended

Teen Programs
Special
Flashlight Egg Hunt – 150 teens came to Meinig Park with flashlights to search for eggs.

Ongoing
Take and Make – 53 teens picked up supplies to make paracord bracelets.   

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

Adult Programs
Special
Senior Egg Hunt – 28 seniors attended. This program was in coordination with Community Center Staff

Computer Classes
Using a Keyboard and Mouse – 3 people attended
Computer Basics – 3 people attended
Internet Basics – 3 people attended

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Seed Bomb kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland)

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 30 people attended, 24 units of blood collected (133% of expected). 72 lives potentially saved.

Writing Group  – 11 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  3 people discussed Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Women’s Book Club – 11 people discussed While Justice Sleeps  by Stacy Abrams
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen

Public Notary – Hoodland 6

Displays
April was Financial Literacy Month. What’s in your wallet?

Exhibits
Hanging at Hoodland until June 6th is the work of local Welches photographer Julie Zaremskiy.

Public Library Association Conference took place in Portland March 22-25.  This national conference brought over 4500 people to the area.  Preconferences, library vendors, great guest speakers, and libraries presented on important topics such as DEI community conversations and practices for libraries, emergency preparedness, program ideas, and of course books.  5 of us were able to attend the conference for at least one day.

The Library Community Room is now fully set up for hybrid meetings and events!  Thank you to Scott Jones and Greg Brewster.  Our April Library Advisory Board meeting was our first hybrid event.

Computer Users
Sandy 506 sessions
Hoodland 106 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  

Sandy – 22 users printed 126 jobs (390 pages)
Hoodland – 17 users printed 71 jobs (212 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 24 ecards (107 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 3 ecards (21 in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2624 sessions. Averages 85 sessions/day (up from 84 last month) 9845 items
Hoodland – 690 sessions.  Averages 26 sessions/day (up from 25 last month) 2496 items

We checked out a total of 12,340 items(up from last month’s 10,897) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
The Reading Tutoring program is starting back up.

Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 16 kids and 5 adults attended the Make & Take program 

Hoodland After School Kids’ Club – 6 kids and 3 adults attended the Make & Take program

Take & Make – 78 kids (50 Sandy, 15 Hoodland, 13 Vista) picked up supplies for spinning tops.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Read to a Dog – 7 kids read to a dog virtually.  Starting in May, this program will again be in person in the library!

Storytimes at the gazebo in Meinig Park returned in March!
Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
On Facebook – 34 views

Group Hug – by Jean Reidy
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 42 views, 1 reaction

Bark, George by Jules Feiffer presented by Shara from Todos Juntos
2 kids and 2 adults attended in Meinig Park

Cock-a-doodle Quack Quack! – by Bernard Most  
8 kids and 4 adults attended in Meinig Park 
On Facebook – 24 views, 2 reactions

My Garden – by Kevin Henkes
7 kids and 7 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 27 views

Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
6 kids and 6 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 42 views, 3 reactions

In Storytime news – Monica Smith has been presenting storytimes for the Wednesday Play Group at the Community Center.

Storytimes at Hoodland! Presented by Molly Espenel and Sue Hash
17 kids and 13 adults attended

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 48 teens picked up supplies for DIY Sharpie Mugs. 
11 teens turned in canvases for the mini art showcase.  

Anime Club – 19 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

Adult Programs
Special
Writing Group  – 6 people attended our very first writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 40 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Rolled Paper Roses kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland)

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 36 people attended, 25 units of blood collected

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  4 people discussed Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Women’s Book Club – 7 people discussed Monument to Murder  by Margaret Truman
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Public Notary – Hoodland 5

Four new Chromeboxes added in the Fireplace Room! Paid for by the Friends of Sandy Library. Come get some work (or fun) done at the Library.

A Little Free Library sponsored by Sandy Public Library is up at Vista Apartments! A special thank you to volunteer Jim Freeman for building it.

Craft for a Cause 
In partnership with Mt. Hood Hospice to provide warmth and comfort to patients receiving end-of-life care. Knit or crochet a shawl or lap blanket.  In February & March we received 18 shawls and lap blankets.  This program ended February 28th.

We collected Valentine’s Day cards for Seniors for Sandy’s Helping Hands.  We received hundreds of cards – a great turnout!

Computer Users
Sandy 423 sessions
Hoodland 55 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  

Sandy – 29 users printed 71 jobs (280 pages)
Hoodland – Printer was down this month – 5 users tried to print 12 jobs (25 pages). The printer is up and running again.

Library Cards Sandy patrons created 16 ecards (74 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 2 ecards (7 in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2274 sessions. Average 84 sessions/day (down from 85 last month) 8552 items
Hoodland – 570 sessions.  Average 25 sessions/day (down from 27 last month) 2345 items

We checked out a total of 10,897 items(down from last month’s 12,223) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special

Gnome scavenger Hunt – 65 kids found all the gnomes, decoded the message and got a prize.

Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 2 kids and 1 parent attended our first Make & Take program 

Hoodland After School Kids’ Club – no kids attended our first Make & Take program

Take & Make – 83 kids (50 Sandy, 20 Hoodland, 13 Vista) picked up supplies for paper plate mazes.  Our Take & Make kits for kids will be available on the 15th as usual with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Read to a Dog – 4 kids read to a dog virtually

Look forward to Storytimes in Meinig Park returning in March!
All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

A Big Bed For Little Snow by Grace Lin
On Facebook – 43 views, 5 reactions, 1 comment

Early One Morning – by Mem Fox
On Facebook – 37 views, 1 reaction

T is for Terrible – by Peter McCarty  
On Facebook – 52 views, 2 reactions

Arthur’s Teacher Trouble (READ ALONG with Marc Brown | PBS KIDS)
On Facebook – 31 views

Storytimes at Hoodland!
9 kids and 7 adults attended

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Teen Space – no teens showed up to our first in person program after 2 years. 

Take and Make – 48 teens picked up miniature canvases for our mini art showcase.  Come into the library to view them in March!

Book Boxes – 10 teens received recommended reads through our book box program

Adult Programs
Special
Plant Swap  – 55 people attended to bring a plant cutting to share or adopt a new one to take home.

Computer Classes coming up in April! Registration required.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 58 people picked up Intro to Soft Cheesemaking kits (49 Sandy, 9 Hoodland)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  6 people discussed The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Women’s Book Club – 7 people discussed The Book of Longings  by Sue Monk Kidd

Public Notary – Hoodland 3

Exhibits
Love or Fear – Seven local artists work is hanging on the grey ramp wall at Sandy Library.

Hanging at Hoodland Library through April 5th is an exhibit of carved books by Melody Bush of Sandy.

We will be starting some limited in-person programs in February!

Plant Swap Sunday, February 13th 1:00-3:00 pm in the Sandy Library Community Room
Bring a plant cutting to share or adopt a new one to take home.

After School Kids’ Club
Sandy – Tuesday, February 15th 3:00 – 4:30pm. Make & Take program will be the third Tuesday each month in the Community Room.
Hoodland – Friday, February 18th 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Make & Take program will be the third Friday of each month in the Community Room.
***Our Take & Make kits for kids will be available on February 15th as usual with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!***

Teen Space Wednesday, February 23rd 2:30 – 4:00 pm. Come hang out, watch anime, and get creative!

Storytime
Sandy – starting Thursday, February 24th 10:00 – 11:00 am at Meinig Park Gazebo. Thursdays 10:00 – 11:00 am.
Hoodland – Fridays 10:30 am in the Community Room.

Come find all the gnomes in the library! Find the answer to get a prize.

January 27th was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Visit Friends of Sandy Library Facebook page for more information.

February is Black History Month Find resources on our Library Blog.

Craft for a Cause 
In partnership with Mt. Hood Hospice to provide warmth and comfort to patients receiving end-of-life care. Knit or crochet a shawl or lap blanket.  In January we received 13 shawls and lap blankets.  This program will continue through the end of February.

Computer Users
Sandy 432 sessions
Hoodland 53 sessions

Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.  Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print.  Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.  

Sandy – 23 users printed 73 jobs (220 pages)
Hoodland – 7 users printed 13 jobs (18 pages)

Library Cards Sandy patrons created 20 ecards (83 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 3 ecards (9 in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2474 sessions. This averages 85 sessions/day (up from 81 last month) 9756 items
Hoodland – 614 sessions.  This averages 27 sessions/day (up from 24 last month) 2467 items

We checked out a total of 12,223 items(up from last month’s 10,977) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 113 kids (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland, 13 Vista) picked up mystery grab bag craft kits

Look forward to Storytimes in Meinig Park returning February 24th!
All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.  Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.

Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles.  Presented by Amy Haroldson and Carin Miller Packwood, Bassoonist of the Oregon Symphony
On Facebook – 44 views, 1 reaction

Life by Cynthia Rylant
On Facebook – 40 views 3 reactions

Hello Rain by Kyo Maclear  
On Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction

Storytimes at Hoodland!
6 kids and 4 adults attended

Teen Programs
Take and Make – 50 teens picked up Mystery Grab Bag craft kits

Book Boxes – 16 teens received recommended reads through our book box program

Adult Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Journal making kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  4 people discussed Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Women’s Book Club – 9 people discussed The Sound of Gravel  by Ruth Wariner
Men’s Book Club – 11 people discussed Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Public Notary – Hoodland 1

Book a Librarian – Sandy 1 person got individualized help downloading to their Kindle from Library2Go.