LINCC Libraries are starting a Library of Things!  A Library of Things is a collection of items such as kitchenware, musical instruments, and games hosted at a library that you can check out with your library card.
8 LINCC libraries (including Sandy and Hoodland!) are planning to add collections in the coming year. We’re gathering feedback on what you would like to see in the collection.

Take our survey to help us decide what types of things to buy!  The survey should take less than five minutes. We appreciate your time and your thoughts!

Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover:
Sandy – 25 kids and 23 parents
Hoodland – 2 kids and 2 parents (4 kids dropped off stuffies, but couldn’t stay for the program)

Teddy Bear – Hoodland

Teddy Bear – Sandy

Ongoing
Storytime:
Wee Ones – 69 kids and 63 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 34 parents
Hoodland – 34 kids and 20 parents

Wy-East Artisans Art Club – Over the 4 weeks of January, 106 participants created: 3D Paper Art,  Aboriginal Dot Art, Sculptured Snowmen, and Torn Paper Collage.

LEGO Club

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 27 kids and 21 parents, Hoodland 7 kids and 4 parents
NEW! Pokemon Club – 10 kids and 10 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 2 kids and 2 parents

Read to the Dog – We have 2 new dogs who are coming to the library to be read to!  They started January 10th.  They will be at the library every other Thursday from 6-7pm.  Look for photos of Pran and Montessa next month!

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 48 teens
MakerSpace – 32 teens came to make mug cakes!
Game Factory – 42 teens
T-LAB – 13 teens came to help plan future teen programs

Coffee House

Adult Programs
Special
Coffee House – 104 people came to listen to vocalist Rae Gordon sing the blues

NEW! Popcorn and Plants Documentray Series – The documentary series for gardeners. Watch a movie, then discuss.  Kris LaMar, OSU Master Gardener, will lead a discussion after participants view the documentary.  In January 18 people came to watch “The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies”

Seed Swap

Seed Swap

Seedy Sunday – 38 people came to swap seeds, and get expert advice from a Master Gardener.

Immigration 101 – 18 people came to listen to immigration lawyer

Ongoing
ESOL Tutoring – 28 learners met with 23 tutors in 15 sessions.

Paint Nite – 11 people attended to do a step-by-step painting with Melissa Lawrence

Book Club:
Men’s – 11 people discussed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Hoodland – 6 people discussed And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Women’s – 5 people discussed Good morning, midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Photography Group – 7 people attended a planning meeting for the group project 24 hours in Sandy

Vista

Vista

Outreach
Noche de Comida y Comunidad – This resource fair at Vista organized by Katie Murphy was well attended by both community partners and Vista residents, with a total of 77 people.  Antfarm made a meal which was shared by all in attendance.  Then Vista residents could travel from table to table to talk to local service providers about what they offer.  Each table had a Spanish speaker available to answer questions and talk about their programs and many had activities for kids.

Quilt Hoodland

Nancy Williams

Art Exhibits
“Mistral Star” by Jean Ludeman of the Piecemakers – Quilt at Hoodland.  Through April 9th, Hoodland Library is exhibiting the watercolors of Happy Valley resident Nancy Williams.

Sandy Historical Society

Karin Hoffman

Through March 7th, Sandy Library is exhibiting the acyrlic paintings of Sandy resident Karin “Kaelho” Hoffman.  We also have a special exhibit of Historic Pictures from the Sandy Historical Society.

Quilt – Sandy

Quilt by Shirley Crow of the Quilting and Fiber Art Club exhibited at Sandy Library.

Staff Training and Confrences
Supervisory staff attended a webinar called the Librarians Guide to Homelessness with Ryan Dowd.  Ryan Dowd has worked in homeless shelters almost his whole life (starting as a volunteer at age 13).  He is the author of the book The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone.

Melissa Thompson (from Community Services) attended our staff meetidng to continue the conversation about the power of language and why language is important for inclusion.

Two staff members attended a web seminar titled Taking STEAM Programs to the Next Level

One staff member attended a 2 day Restorative Justice training with Clackamas County Juvenile Services.

The Library Director attended the 5 day American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Seattle.  Highlights include: a pre-conference on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Eric Klinenberg’s talk about the library’s important role in creating opportunites for social connection, and Robin DiAngelo’s President’s Program (author of the book White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism).

New Merchandise for Sale!

Sticker
$1.00
(Sandy only)
Friends of Hoodland Library book bag
$4.00
(Hoodland only)

Kids Programs
Special
Breakfast with Santa storytime – This is the first year that the Library participated in Breakfast with Santa.  We have some things to work out for next year, as our storytime stats were pretty low: 14 kids and 8 parents.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 42 kids and 8 adults (This program took a break the last 2 weeks of December)

Storytime:
Preschool – 41 kids and 27 parents (this is for 3 weeks)
Hoodland – 34 kids and 22 parents
Wee Ones – 29 kids and 30 parents

Hoodland Art Club

Hoodland Art Club

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 8 kids and 4 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 5 kids and 5 parents
MakerSpace – Sandy 1 kid and 1 parent
COMING SOON! – Pokemon Club

Read to the Dog – 3 kids.  This is only for 1 week of November.  Our dog Lourdes can no longer come to the library.  Dove Lewis is working on finding us another dog.

Outreach
Vista Apartments – 45 kids and 5 parents did book scavenger hunts about world languages, and did Spanish language matching sheets.  We checked out 43 books!

MakerSpace

Teen Programs
Ongoing
MakerSpace – 31 teens
Anime Club – 24 teens
Game Factory – 26 teens
T-LAB – 11 teens

Coffee House

Adult Programs
Special
Coffee House – 75 people attended to hear Mary Flower play blues and ragtime fingerstyle guitar and sing.

Travel Talk: Nepal – 15 people attended to hear library employee Susie Jenkins talk about her recent trip to Nepal.

Visions of the Past – a documentary of historical Sandy.  8 people attended.

Ongoing
ESOL Tutoring – 15 learners met with 13 volunteer tutors in 9 sessions.

Paint Nite – 17 people attended

Photography Group – 15 people attended to hear about Lightroom from group member Aaron Breniman

Bookclub:
Men’s – 10 people discussed Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Hoodland – 9 people discussed Children of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Borth of the FBI by David Grann

Public Notary – Hoodland 9, Sandy 1

Giving Trees
Sandy – 38 hats, gloves, and scarves and 137 personal care products for the Sandy Community Action Center.
Hoodland – 106 hats, gloves and scarves for the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket progam.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 66 kids and 4 parents – the theme was garbage and recycling.  Kids did a scavenger hunt (finding info in books), an upcycled art project, and Clackamas County Waste Reductions Specialist Robert Jimenez-Sutton did a program on recycling and understanding food waste.

Storytimes:
Wee Ones – 60 kids and 54 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 35 parents
Hoodland – 47 kids and 36 parents

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 65 kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 11 kids and 5 parents, Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 17 teens
MakerSpace – 15 teens made lava lamps
Game Factory Coding Club – 11 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Dia de los Muertos – 128 people came to celebrate the Day of the Dead.  We had cookie painting, crafts, a musician, and many organizations to assist with the program.

Ongoing
Coffee House – 46 people came to hear the new pianist John Nilsen.

ESOL Tutoring (English for Speakers of Other Languages) – 27 learners met with 21 volunteer tutors in 15 sessions.

Photography Group – 10 people came to share photos and photography problems members have been wrestling with.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Beyond Words: What animals think and feel by Carl Safina
Women’s – 8 people discussed The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Hoodland – 9 people discussed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Every Ending is a Beginning – 6 people came to hear Judith Ashley discuss how our lives from birth to death are a series of endings and beginnings.

Public Notary – Hoodland 5

Meetings
Sarah attended a joint LINCC (Libraries In Clackamas County)/WCCLS (Washington County Cooperative Library Services) Library Director’s meeting where we discussed the structure of both organizations and Strategic Planning.

TrickorTreat

Dia de los Muertos

Kids Programs
Special
Trick or Treat Trail – over 2200 kids and 3520 total people (kids + parents) visited the library for Trick or Treat Trail!

Dia de los Muertos – Hoodland 27 (see Sandy’s stats in November!)

Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Wee Ones 148 kids and parents, Sandy Preschool 79, Hoodland 67

HO Art Club – Bobbleheads

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club

LEGO Club – Sandy 21 kids and parents, Hoodland 10

Art Club – Hoodland 12

Outreach
Sandy Grade field trips – 355 kids visited the library in October to get tours, and check out books

Vista Apartments – 82 kids attended to do folk tale scavenger hunts and story challenges, create Dia de los Muertos artwork, and do pattern block and LEGO challenges.

Haunted Library

Haunted Library

Teen
Special
418 people came to the Haunted Library sponsosrd by the Teen Advisory Board, 145 teens came to Haunted Library planning meetings, 25 teens came to the wrap-up event.

Paint Nite – 16 teens attended.

Ongoing
MakerSpace – 59 teens attended (26 attended to make glow in the dark slime!)

Anime Club – 29 teens attended.

Game Factory – 8 teens attended (only had 1 week, Haunted Library planning instead)

Adult
Special
Library Coffee House – 77 people came to hear the Americana singer/songwriter Claudia Nygaard.  The Wy’East Artisans led rock painitng in the Community Room.

Using Herbs to Live Abundantly – 16 people attended this program.

Warren Easley at Hoodland

Author Talk – 15 people came to hear mystery author Warren Easley speak at the Hoodland Library.

Tell Tale Heart – 12 people came to hear Christopher Lebrick’s scary stories.

Preparing Your Garden for Winter – 8 people attended this class put on by the Master Gardeners.

Medicare with Confidence – 6 people attended at the Hooldand Library.

Ongoing
ESOL tutoring – 28 learners met with 22 tutors in 11 sessions to work on their English language skills.

Mt Hood Farmer’s Market – on our last day at the market we talked to 10 people and gave out 2 seed packets.  Wrapping up a great Market season where we talked to a total of 259 people, gave out 80 seed packets, gave out 5 new library cards, and more than 20 Summer Reading packets.

Book Club – Sandy Men’s 11 people came to discuss The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Hoodland 9 people came to discuss Exit West by Moshin Hamid

Public Notary – 5 documents notarized in 3 sessions at Hoodland Library.

Art exhibits
Currently at the Sandy Library on the greay ramp wall we have Book Art by Melody Bush.  Come by to see it until December 6th.

A beautiful view of sunshine outside the Sandy Public Library!  Thanks to Thea Ellen for capturing this. 

Programs

Kids Special
Rendezvous with a Raptor – 69 people came to this great program presented by Hawkwatch International!

Kids Ongoing
Storytime – Wee Ones 158 parents and kids. Preschool 102,  Hoodland 66

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 42 parents and kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids Club – LEGO Club Sandy 21 Hoodland 16, MakerSpace Sandy 10, Art Club Hoodland 2

Read to the Dog – 6 kids read in 2 weeks.  Our regular dog (Ananda) can no longer visit the library due to health reasons.  We are working on getting another regular dog, until then, we have fill in dogs every other week.

Teen Special
Teen Lock-In – 67 teens attended for karaoke at Ant Farm and games and YouTube at the Library (we were competing with the Homecoming game at the High School).

Haunted Library “Asylum” planning – 62 teens attended planning meetings for the upcoming Haunted Library (October 19th – All Ages Welcome!)

Teen Ongoing
Anime Club – 43 teen attended

MakerSpace – 35 teens attended (20 at the marshmallow challenge!)

Adult Special
Cover Crops and Winter Vegetables – 28 people attended this Sandy Seed Library Program presented by Kris LaMar, OSU Master Gardener.

2 Weeks Ready – 25 people attended this Emergency Management talk given by our very own City Manager Kim Yamashita.

Medicare with Confidence – 7 people came to this program at Hoodland

Adult Ongoing
Library Coffee House – 85 people came to listen to the Bluegrass, Americana, and Traditional music of Kory Quinn and Bob Soper

Book Club – Women’s 14 people attended to discuss The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin, Hoodland 9 people attended to discuss Matters of Doubt by Warren Easley, Men’s 8 people attended to discuss Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Mt Hood Farmer’s Market – We talked to 47 people at the market, and gave out 15 seed packets.  As of the end of September the library had checked out 2993 seed packets!

Photography Group – 8 people went on the Photography Walk to Buddha Kat Winery (see photos below)  Thea also set up a Photography Club group showing at Antfarm.  9 people from the Club showed their work!

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Outreach
Vista Apartments – 57 kids attended in 3 weeks to do literacy and STEM activities.  Photos below are Vegetable Printing, Kid with Geo Board, Volunteer Reading with Kid.

ESOL – 17 tutors met with 21 learners in 7 sessions.  One of our tutors used an English Language Cookbook with a learner to make fresh salsa!

Meetings – Library District Advisory Committee, Kathy Draine’s first official meeting as the Sandy/Hoodland representative.

Building

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals.  We had a great interactive Display at Sandy this year which asked people to mark down which banned or challenged books they have read.

We had a “White Table” or “Missing Man Table” at Sandy Library in Honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

Kids Programs
Special
Our school supply drive was a huge success!  Look for an even bigger push next year with community partners who want to join us.

Summer Reading sign ups – Sandy 890, Hoodland 86
Summer Reading finishers – Sandy 247, Hoodland 19

Summer Reading Programs – Sandy

Eric Ode

Dragon Theater

Ice Cream Social – 38 kids and parents came to learn how to make ice cream, and eat it!

Summer Reading Programs – Hoodland

3 hand Stephen

Eric Ode

Summer Reading – Vista Apartments
Summer Reading signups – 24 kids
Summer Reading finishers – 14 kids
Last year we did the Library Summer Reading program at Vista, and didn’t have any finishers.  So this year we tailored the program to run more like our school year program with specific challenges.  And we got 14 finishers!  A great result.

Dragon Theater

Reptile Man

Outreach
Head Start for Success – talked to 46 parents and kids, made 3 library cards.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 107 kids and parents.
LEGO Club – Sandy 14 kids and parents, Hoodland 2
Art Club – Hoodland 9 kids and parents came to a special Makerspace Art Club.
Read to the Dog – 11 kids

Storytime – Sandy Preschool 58 kids and parents, Sandy Wee Ones 80, Hoodland 51.

Teen Programs
Special
Summer Reading signups – Sandy 317, Hoodland 25
Summer Reading finishers – Sandy 74, Hoodland 6

Ongoing
Anime Club – 8 teens
MakerSpace – 21 teens
T-LAB – 2 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Summer Reading sign ups – Sandy 202, Hoodland 26
Summer Reading finishers – Sandy 32, Hoodland 11

Our Adult Summer Reading Grand Prize Winners!

Lisa Mitchell – Sandy

Isaac Heifetz – Hoodland

Stop the Cravings – 13 people came to listen to Genevieve White discuss how to lose weight for good by creating your own diet.

Seed Library
Mt Hood Farmers Market – talked to  90 people, checked out 42 seed packets.

Saving Seeds – 19 people attended this class taught by Cindy Manselle of Clackamas County Master Gardeners.

Ongoing
Coffee House –  72 people came to listen to Terry Robb, Portland’s blues guitar virtuoso.

Paint Nite –  13 people came to paint with Melissa Lawrence.  We had a last minute date change.  Paint Nite’s will now be on Saturday evenings.

Book Group – Men’s 9 people came to discuss Peace like a River by Leif Enger, Hoodland 9 people came to discuss The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.

Photography Group – Mike Earussi taught 6 of us how to mount a photograph to a rigid acrylic backing for a cheap, but great looking display option.

ESOL tutoring – 12 learners and 11 kids in 7 sessions with 13 tutors.

Public Notary – Sandy 2, Hoodland 3

City-Wide Events
We started selling City branded merchandise at the Sandy Library!

Volunteer Picnic – 154 volunteers got served food by City staff.

Kids Programs
Special
School Supply Drive – now through September 10th! Here is a list of items required by grade schools. Thank you for supporting local students!
Ticonderoga pencils #2
Colored pencils (12 or 24 pack)
Crayons (24 pack Crayola)
Markers (Crayola broad line and/or fine tip)
Yellow highlighters
Dry erase markers (expo)
Colored pencils (12 pack)
Sharpie markers (fine and regular)
Glue sticks (Avery or Elmer’s)
Watercolors (Prang or Crayola)
Erasers (Pink Pearl)
Composition notebooks
Spiral notebookBinder (3-ring, 1 or 11/2” with pockets)
Notebook dividers (5 tab)
Backpacks

Which house do you think I was sorted into?

Harry Potter publicity

Harry Potter’s Birthday – 200 kids and parents attended to make wands and potions, eat cupcakes, and get sorted into their house.

Summer Reading Programs – Sandy

New display areas!

Summer Reading Programs – Hoodland

Parlor of Wonders

Border Collie Intnl

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 79 kids and parents to paint, create origami, and do Summer Reading Challenges.

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 67 kids and parents attended in two weeks.
Storytime – Sandy Preschool 91 kids and parents, Sandy Wee Ones 57, Hoodland 39
Read to the Dog – 15 kids read to Ananda
LEGO Club – Sandy 10 kids and parents, Hoodland 2

Teen Programs
Special
Metropolitan Youth Symphony (Summer Reading) – 19 teens
Anime Drawing Workshop (Summer Reading) – 12 teens

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 20 teens came to paint with Melissa Lawrence
Anime Club – 12 teens
Coding Club – 12 teens
MakerSpace – 5 teens
T-LAB – 3 teens

Mt Hood Express

On the tour

Adult Programs
Special
Timberline Lodge Magical History Tour – 21 people rode Mt Hood Express to Timberline, and toured it.This program was in coordination with the Senior Center and Transit Department!

Seed Library
Mt Hood Farmers Market – talked to 90 people, checked out 21 seed packets, made 2 new library cards, gave out 23 Summer Reading packets, and checked out one book.

Gardening During Drought -17 people attended this class taught by Clackamas County Master Gardeners.

Seed packet stuffing – 12 volunteers

Ongoing
Coffee House – 43 people came to listen to Adlai Alexander.  Noted for the sweetness and wide range of his voice, Adlai Alexander sings and accompanies himself with intricate guitar in a way that’s rare in both the acoustic and jazz worlds.

Paint Nite – 18 people came to paint with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Group – Men’s 10 people came to discuss Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd, Hoodland 8 people came to discuss Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman.

Photography Group – 6 people met to begin planning a community photo contest and “mini-con”

Public Notary – Hoodland 1

Exhibits
Quilt – Hoodland 
made by Pat Sharp of the Mt Hood Piecemaker’s Club

Clackamas County Arts Alliance
A group art exhibit based on Lake Oswego Reads book Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks is at Sandy Library.

George Hoyt

Friends of Sandy Library
Held a book sale during Mountain Fest.  All proceeds go towards Library Programs.  Thank you George Hoyt and the Friends!

Strategic Planning – first year results on four initiatives
Create Young Readers
Stimulate Imagination
Satisfy Curiosity
Learn to Read and Write

Longest Day Parkway
242 People came by the library booth.  We had the Sandy Seed Library with us to check out seed packets, handed out Summer Reading Packets, Popcorn, and played a game to win $1 and $5 off fines coupons.

Kids Programs
Special
Uke Can Do It! – 36 kids and parents attended a Ukulele Workshop to kick off Summer Reading! (Libraries Rock)

Ongoing
Storytime – Wee Ones 104 kids and parents, Preschool 66, Hoodland 58.

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 59 kids and parents

Read to the Dog – 13 kids read to Ananda.

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 8 kids and parents, Hoodland 2.  This is LEGO Club only.  We are taking a Summer break on all other Saturday Afternoon Kids; Club programs.

Outreach
Schools – We visited 19 classrooms and two lunch periods, talking to 565 kids and teens to promote Summer Reading.  Schools visited were: Sandy Grade School, Oregon Trail Academy, Boring Middle School, Cedar Ridge Middle School, Sandy High School.

Vista – 90 kids did literacy and STEM activities with us.  We had a ‘Grocery Store’ where the kids worked on math and life skills, beginning reading challenges for the Summer Reading program, and the Wy’East Artisans came to do an art class.

Teen Programs
Special
Uke Can Do It! – 11 people attended this ukulele workshop for Teens to kick off Summer Reading (Libraries Rock!)

Ongoing
Game Factory – 21 teens

Teen Learning Garden – 14 teens attended our Field Trip to Antfarm’s Learning Garden down by Tollgate Restaurant.

Anime Club – 14 teens

MakerSpace – 11 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Uke Can Do It! – 30 people came to Hoodland for this ukulele workshop with Cinda Johnson.

Preventing Memory Loss – 8 people attended to listen to Samuel Turner present the facts surrounding the prevention of MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) as well as ideas on how to get involved, increase personal fulfillment, and demonstrate simple but effective physical activities that help the body as well as the mind stay limber.

Wellness for Digestive Health – 7 people came to hear Genevieve White speak.

Sandy Seed Library
Container Gardening – 15 people attended this Master Gardener talk.
Volunteers – 4 volunteers met to stuff seed packets.

Ongoing
Mt Hood Farmers Market – We spoke to 154 people, checked out 40 packets of seeds, issued 3 new library cards, and gave out Summer Reading packets.

Library Coffee House – 135 people came to listen to the old time tunes of Rebecca Connor and Leon Cotter.

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) – We held 9 tutoring sessions and 3 classes, with 46 teachers, 51 learners, and 30 kids in attendance.

Paint Nite – 17 people came to paint with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs – Men’s 9 to discuss My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem, Women’s 8 to discuss Neither wolf nor dog : on forgotten roads with an Indian elder, by Kent Nerburn, Hoodland 10 to discuss Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance

Public Notary – 2 documents were notarized at Hoodland.

Kids Programs
Special
Free Comic Book Day – Sandy 79 kids and parents, Hoodland 40

Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Preschool 83 kids and parents, Sandy Wee Ones 82, Hoodland 48

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 82 kids and parents

Vista – 80 kids and parents came to do literacy and STEM activities

Saturday Afternoon Kids Club – Sandy 14 kids and parents, Hoodland 11

Teen Programs
Special
Youth Town Hall – 6 teens, 4 adults

MakerSpace – no sew book bags

Ongoing
Anime Club – 82 teens

MakerSpace – 59 teens came to make 3D Holograms, and no-sew book bags.  T-shirst for the book bags were donated by Sandy Community Action Center.

Game Factory Coding Club – 39 teens

Paint Nite – 23 teens

TLAB – 11 teens

Mayor King – Ribbon Cutting at Opening Day Farmers Market

Adult Programs
Special
Mount Hood Farmer’s Market – It’s Farmer’s Market time again!  Mayer King visited for a ribbon cutting ceremony.  We spoke with 167 people, checked out 70 seed packets and 1 book.

The Great Flood of 1948 – 33 people came to listen to teacher Len Otto and author Joseph Patrick “Pat” Barry focus on the events in two communities, Troutdale and Vanport, Oregon.

Finding the Right Diet for your Health – Hoodland 6 people came to listen to health professional Genevieve White

Seed Library
Plants for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects – 11 people came to this Master Gardener talk.
Stuffing Seed Packets – 8 volunteers came to help get seed packets ready for people to check out.

Ongoing
Library Coffee House – 80 people came to listen to Now and Then, a father son duo, featuring Vocals & Acoustic Guitar; New takes on popular material, along with creative originals by both musicians.

ESOL Tutoring – 54 learners met with 48 tutors in 34 tutoring sessions.

Paint Nite – 17 people were led step by step through a painting with Melissa Lawrence.

Photography Group – Show and Tell

Book Club – Hoodland 12 people met to discuss Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult, Women’s 8 people met to discuss Catcher in the Rye by J D SalingerPublic Notary – Hoodland 4, Sandy 1Photography Group – 11 people attended the Show and Tell event

Photography Group – 11 people came for the Show and Tell event.

Kids Programs
Special
Dia de los Ninos/Dia de los Libros – Sandy 350 kids and parents, Hoodland 12 came to enjoy all of the amazing activities and get their free book!  Special thanks for Sandy go to:
PERFORMANCE:
Estampa Mexicana – dance, Just for Kix – dance, Brittany McLaughlin – balloon artist, Amor Latino Musical – musicians (Ramiro Bracamontes)
FOOD:
Blanca Doroteo – made tres leches cakes, La Bamba – churros, Starbucks – coffee, Grocery Outlet – $50 gift certificate for beverages
ACTIVITIES:
Wy’east Artisan Guild – chalk art and rock painting, Key Club – Minute to Win it games, T-LAB – Makey Makey (electronic activity), Ant Farm – Gardening activity, Todos Juntos – Bird Craft, Oral Hull – braille activity, US World Class Taekwondo – lessons and demonstrations, Sandy High Robotics – hands on demo, Oregon Latino Health Coalition – wheel of fortune, Sandy Historical Society – traditional lumberjack puppet craft, OSU Extension Family and Community Health Clackamas County – free healthy cookies with recipe and other info in Spanish & English

Kids Outreach
Kindergarten Roundups – Welches Elementary 4, Sandy Grade 8, Kelso 12, Firwood 13, Naas 15
Preschool Visit – 34 kids

Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Wee Ones 159 kids and parents, Sandy Preschool 83, Hoodland 46

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 56 kids and parents

Vista Apartments – 56 kids came to do literacy and STEM activities (writing poetry)

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 36 kids and parents , Hoodland 7

Read to the Dog – 16 kids

Teen Programs

Special
SOLV-IT – 5 teens helped clean up Meinig Park.

Ongoing
MakerSpace – 64 teens.  Worked on the Teen Learning Garden (behind the Library), and made slime and oobleck.

Game Factory – 32 teens

Anime Club – 26 teens

T-LAB – 11 teens came to plan future programs.

Adult Programs
Special
Poetry Slam – 97 people came to the Poetry Slam this year! We had 30 contestants participating.  Thank you to all the contestants who bravely shared their original poems with the audience.  You were all amazing! And thank you to our host Mick Dack and all of the judges.

The Winners:
Age 8-13: Elizabeth Loeung The Essence of Night 
Age 14-18: Maddy Nyseth Pretty Pink Pastels 
Adult: Dan Bosserman My Father Never Told Me that He Loved Me 
Grand Prize: Cassidy Moore (from the 14-18 age group) Iron Shears

Poetry Open Mic – 9 people attended at Hoodland.

Papermaking – 9 people came to learn how to make paper from used paper. Laurel Bates works for Clackamas County Refuse and Recycling Association to provide waste reduction assistance and education.

Wellness Series Hoodland – 4 people attended Genevieve White’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep.

Seed Library
Sweets and Wine – We talked to 25 people at the Buddha Kat/Chamber Event about the Sandy Seed Library.

Seed Library Volunteers – 16 volunteers stuffed seed packets for us.

To Seed or Not to Seed – 13 people came to the Master Gardener discussion on starting vegetables from seeds and transplants.

Ongoing
Library Coffee House – 188 people came to listen to the Beltaine, a Celtic Fusion band that features hammered dulcimer, guitar, flute, accordion and vocals.

ESOL Tutoring – 65 learners met with 51 tutors in 37 tutoring sessions to work on their English Language skills.

Paint Nite – 18 people attended adult Paint Nite with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs – Men’s – 16 people discussed Guns, Germs, and Steel; The Fates of Human Societies, and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Mystery – 12 people discussed Breaking Silence and Gone Missing, Women’s – 10 people discussed Edgar Sawtelle, Hoodland 8 people discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime

Photography Club – 5 people came to take photos on a walk around Sandy.