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.

Dr Suess’ B-Day – Sandy

Dr. Seuss’ B-Day – Sandy

Kids Programs
Special
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday – Sandy 134 parents and kids came to listen to a special Dr Suess storytime and eat cupcakes (more than triple last years’ attendance!), Hoodland 23.

Dr. Seuss’ B-day – Hoodland

Dr. Seuss’ B-day – Hoodland

Architects in Schools – 87 kids and parents came to a reception at the Hoodland Library to see bridges built by 5th graders at Welches School after learning about architectural design.

Little Cubs Preschool – Librarian Monica Smith did storytime and gave tours of the library to 70 kids, teachers, and parents.

Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Wee Ones 181 kids and parents, Sandy Preschool 102, Hoodland 69.

turtle day

turtle day

Francisco Bautista

Francisco Bautista

Vista Apartments – 93 kids and parents came to do literacy activities. Highlights this month were turtle day (with live turtles, and turtle activity sheets), and special guest Francisco Bautista who came to do a weaving demonstration.

Read to the Dog – 11 kids read to Ananda in her 3 visits.

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 36 kids and parents, Hoodland 16

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 41 kids and parents attended.

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt – 320 teens met in Meinig Park to search for eggs after dark. All teens went home with their pockets full of candy, and 6 lucky teens went home with gift certificates! This program was done in coordination with the Recreation Department and the Key Club at SHS.

Teen Paint Nite – 24 teens created a painting with Melissa Lawrence, Library Board Secretary.

Teen Tech Week – We set up a banana piano for teens to play within the library using our Makey Makey.

Ongoing
Anime Club – 49 teens

Makerspace – 42 teens

Game Factory Coding Club 23 teens

T-LAB (teen Library Advisory Board) – 12 teens met to talk about upcoming programs.

Adult Programs
Special
Adult Egg Hunt – 31 people to came to our first ever Adult Egg Hunt. The Egg Hunt was done in partnership with the Senior Center. A great time was had by all. Everyone went home with a few pieces of candy, and 6 lucky people went home with gift certificates!

Sandy Seed Library –
Slugs…Ugh! How to Deal With Them in Your Garden – 16 people attended this program in the Gardening Education Series with special guest speaker Jim Kronenberg of the Clackamas County Master Gardeners.
13 volunteers helped stuff seed packets to get ready for Seed Library customers.

Beyond Spring Cleaning With a Home Detox – 8 people attended this program at the Hoodland Library. The first is a wellness series with Genevieve White, Holistic Health Coach.

Medicare Made Clear – 7 people came to listen to presenter Barb Clare discuss options available for persons eligible for Medicare.

2 Truths and a Lie – 4 people came to hear Librarian Maureen Houck discuss how to spot Fake News.

Ongoing
Library Coffee House – 115 people came to listen to Radio Stranger, eat treats from Tollgate Bakery, and drink Starbucks coffee.

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) – 67 learners met with 55 tutors in 47 tutoring sessions.

Paint Nite – 20 people came to create a painting with Melissa Lawrence, Library Board Secretary.

Photography Group – 9 people came to listen to Peter Schwartz talk about preserving a local landmark using photography.

Book Club –
Men’s Club 9 people came to discuss Killing Reagan : the violent assault that changed a presidency by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.
Women’s Club 10 people came to discuss The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards.
Mystery Club 10 people came.
Hoodland 10 people came to discuss Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Building
Art Exhibits
The Sandy Library has new art! Art by Sharon Hale Sandgren’s Door Stories will be on display at the library until May 31. Come take a look!

The Hoodland Library has a new quilt on exhibit called Feathered Fans.  Pieced by Jean Ludeman of the Mt Hood Piecemakers’ Club

Handicapped Doors on Restrooms – We are in the process of having push button handicapped access added to our public restrooms at the Sandy Library.  Please excuse our dust.

Training
12 Library Staff got their First Aid/CPR and Blood Borne Pathogen Training Certifications.  2 more got them the first week of April.

Collections
We moved short stories out of general adult fiction!  They are currently shelved on the low shelves in the adult fiction area.  This is an experiment to see if short stories check out better by being separated from the general collection.  If they do, we will find them a more permanent spot.

Promotions
Don’t forget that April 8-14 is Food for Fines!

 The Library partnered with CAP Community Testing for free rapid AIDS testing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Wee Ones 109 kids and parents, Sandy Preschool 98, Hoodland 68

Vista Apartments – 49 kids participated in literacy activities in three weeks (4th week was a show day!) Special Guest Speaker Ana Martinez spoke about going to college.

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 40 kids and parents, Hoodland 10.  Hodland held a special Family Art Club to make Valentine’s Day cards.  Photos of one kid’s card to the left.

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 34 kids and parents

Read to the Dog – 18 kids

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Lock-In with Antfarm – 100 teens, 6 adult volunteers

Oregon Youth Council Summit – 2 teens attended with staff member Rebecca Robinowitz to learn about starting a Youth City Council

Ongoing
MakerSpace – 67 teens, 25 teens came to use makey makey (Watch a Video of Makey Makey here! ), 42 came to make mug cakes!

GameFactory Coding Club – 29 teens

Anime Club – 25 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Soup Night – 22 people came to share our homemade soup (thanks to the Community Center for allowing staff who got their Food Handler’s Card to use their facilities!) and listen to Maggie Stuckey the author of Soup Night talk.

Art Supply Swap – 21 people came to swap art supplies with members of the community.

Travel Talk Japan – 20 people came to listen to Susan and Paul Winsinger talk about their travels to Japan.

Ongoing
Coffee House – 123 people came to listen to and support members in the community at an Open Mic Night!  Chariteas did tea tasting in the lobby.

Book Clubs – Men’s 9 people, Women’s 10, Hoodland – snowed out!

ESOL Tutoring – 47 learners met with 37 tutors in 31 tutoring sessions!

Promotions
As of February 1st, the Sandy and Hoodland Libraries are selling transit tokens and passes!

Art Exhibits
Hoodland – A new quilt titled Bugs, Bugs by Ellen Hemmert of the Piecemakers.

Sandy – Quilt made by Susan Burdell, a member of the Quilting and Fiber Arts Club which meets at the Sandy Historical Society Museum.

Sandy – Clackamas County Arts Alliance Exhibit is currently the Wy’East Artisans Guild’s All Creatures Great and Small.  Come see this exhibit through July 3rd.

Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy

Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy

Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy 55 kids and parents, Hoodland 11.  The kids had a great time at the storytime, their Teddy Bears had a great night in the library!

Teddy Bear Sleepover – Hoodland

Ongoing
Saturday Afternoon Kids Club – Sandy 45 kids and parents , Hoodland 8

Storytimes – Preschool 110 kids and parents, Wee Ones 118, Hoodland 50

Vista Apartments – 57 kids attended to do literacy and STEM activities.

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 41 kids and parents

Read to the Dog – 6 kids read to Anada in January (Ananda was sick one week)

Teen Paint Nite

Teen Programs
Special

Paint Nite – 19 teens came to paint with Library Advisory Board Secretary Melissa Lawrence.

Make a Monster Plushie!

Make a Monster Plushie!

Ongoing

MakerSpace – 73 teens. 33 came to make Monster

plushies, learning how to sew stitches, and buttons.

Anime club – 61 teens. 33 came to the Cosplay event.

Game Factory – 40 teens. 15 came to the special App Lab.

Adult Programs
Special
‘Seedy Saturday’ Seed Swap – 93 people came to swap seeds at Antfarm, ask questions of Master Gardeners, get recipes from Stephanie Stuart from the Oregon Food Bank, and listen to music provided by Sharon Sandgren & Friends. We held a seed packet stuffing party before the event that 9 volunteers came to.

Coffee House

Library Coffee House – 80 people came to listen to Chihuahua Desert play their Americana, Country, Folk, Rock & Hispanic music.

Paint Nite – 19 people attended.

Meditation for regular people – 15 people attended

Ongoing
ESOL Tutoring – 43 tutoring sessions with 48 people learning English took place in January.  Numbers of students continue to rise!  We are now doing larger group tutoring sessions two days a week that then break up into small groups.   This style appears to be working well.

Book Group – Men’s 6 people came to discuss Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Women’s 5 people came to discuss Peaches for Father Francis, by Joanne Harris, Mystery 11 people came to discuss Private Vegas by James Patterson, and Hoodland 10 people came to discuss American Fire by Monica Hesse.

Photography Group – 11 people came to

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Art Exhibits

See the mixed media work of Susan B Schenk of Wilsonville at the Hoodland Library until April 10th.

Also at Hoodland is a new quilt by the Piecemakers.

Meetings
On January 3rd there was a special meeting of LDAC to give input on the possible amendment to the Master Order of the Library District.  LDAC members and citizens spoke about the possibilities, and expressed many concerns.  On their January 18th meeting, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) heard testimony and announced that they had negotiated with the City of Gladstone to change their settlement agreement to allow for more time to make changes to the Master Order.  The BCC also announced their intention to create a task force to work on the issue.

Strategic Planning Update!
View the Strategic Planning update in the area of Satisfy Curiosity.  Highlights include: 68.63% of people surveyed say that the programs at the library significantly enhance their leisure time, 98.69% of people say that they would recommend a library program to a friend.

Sandy

Hoodland

Giving Trees – Sandy
delivered 104 hats, scarves, gloves & mittens to the Sandy Community Action Center.  Hoodland delivered 90 items to the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket Program through the Hoodland Fire Department.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 42, Hoodland 2 parents and kids

StoryTime – Sandy Preschool 53, Wee Ones 105, Hoodland 36 parents and kids

Read to the Dog – 12 kids read to Ananda

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 11 kids and parents (only held 1 week in December)

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Game Factory – 33 teens attended

Anime Club – 34 teens attended

MakerSpace – 28 teens attended

T-LAB – 6 teens attended (it was during winter break at school)

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffee House – 73 people came to listen Lloyd Jones play the blues

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 20 people came to paint with Melissa Lawrence

Photography Group – 9 people came to learn about the underwater and boudoir photography of Kara Pesznecker Reavis

Hoodland Bookclub – 9 people came to discuss Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Outreach to Spanish Language
Vista Apartments – 31 kids and parents

ESOL Tutoring – We held our first group event with tutors and learners, sang holiday songs and had a meal together.  22 people attended!  26 learners and 27 tutors had sessions.

Art
Sandy Library is currently featuring the pinhole photography of Monica Smith, Librarian at Sandy Library!

Kids Programs

cookie decorating!

the altar

Special
Dia de los Muertos – Sandy 70 kids and parents!

Ongoing
Storytime – Sandy Wee Ones 116 kids and parents, Sandy Preschool 65, Hoodland 49

Vista-Pattern Blocks

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 52 parents and kids, Hoodland 19

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 25 parents and kids

Read to the Dog – 11 Kids

Vista Apartments – 50 kids and parents.  The kids continue to work towards their incentives, doing many more literacy and STEM activities than usual!

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 67 teens(43 people came to the special event “Taste of Asia”!)

Game Factory – 38 teens

MakerSpace – 37 teens

5th Wednesday “free day” – 20 teens

Adult Programs

Creative Cards

Special

Library Coffee House – 67 people came to hear Steve Hale – a singer/songwriter with a soul edge.

Rebuilding the David B – 7 people came to hear about rebuilding a boat and operating a small expedition cruise ship in Alaska.

Creative Cards Workshop – 13 adults came to learn how to make creative cards from previous library employee Caitlin MacDowell.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 14 adults

Photography Group – 9 people came to hear about Pinhole Photography with library staff person Monica Smith.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutoring – 32 learners and 26 tutors met this month!

Hoodland Book Club – 7 people came to discuss the book Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng

Public Notary – Hoodland 2

Outreach

Adult Services Librarian, Maureen Houck, visited Avamere to attend their Low Vision Group and talk about library resources.  12 people attended, 4 library cards were issued, 6 items were checked out.

Training
Selectors of materials for the library got initial training in our new selection tool collection HQ. This tool will help us easily figure out what sections of the collection are under/overstocked, which authors and titles are most popular in a given month, which items need to be replaced because they’ve been used many many times and are likely in poor condition (we have DVDs that have circulated upwards of 400 times!), and what it’s time to let go of because no one has checked it out in years (don’t worry, we’ll be keeping the classics!)

Meetings
Stakeholders Meetings for the new Community Center – 4 Teens from the Teen Library Advisory Board and staff member Rebecca Robinowitz from the library attended one meeting; Library Director, Sarah McIntyre attended another.

Civics Programs – 5 Library staff met to confirm our spring civics programs.

Kids Programs
Special
Trick or Treat Trail – We had 1576 kids come to Trick or Treat Trail! We played a game, won prizes, and gave out tons of candy.  This was 466 more kids than last year!

Dia de los Muertos – Hoodland 16 adults and kids (Sandy’s was in November we had 70 kids and adults attend)

Ongoing
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 33 , Hoodland 25 kids and parents

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 42 kids and parents

Read to the Dog – 11 kids read to Ananda.

Storytime – Sandy Preschool 79, Sandy Wee Ones 125, Hoodland 46

Teen Programs
Special
Haunted Library – 204 teens and adults went through, 40 teen and adult volunteers worked at it, 50 teen and adult volunteers came to planning meetings

Zombie Walk – 21 teens

Teen Paint Nite – 17 teens

Ongoing
Anime Club – 54 teens

Makerspace – 31 teens

Game Factory – 25 teens

Adult Programs
Special

Seed to Supper

Stone Soup Play

Chef Daniel DeHay

Mt Hood Farmers Market – Seed to Supper + Stone Soup 175 community members came, and 8 teens participated in the play! The rest of the month we talked to 43 people, and gave out 9 packets of seeds.

Library Coffee House – 147 people came to listen to the singer/songwriter showcase.

Advanced Directives – 7 people came to this program held at the Senior Center

Ongoing

ESOL Classes – 39 learners, 34 volunteer and staff tutors

Paint Nite – 18 people came to paint nite.

Hoodland Book Group – 7 people came to discuss the book Underground Railroad.

Public Notary – Hoodland 2

Kids Programs

Ongoing
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy – 31 kids and parents , Hoodland 9 kids and parents

Wy’East Art Program – 59 kids and parents

Storytimes- Sandy Preschool 90 kids and parents, Sandy Wee Ones 125 kids and parents, Hoodland 41 kids and parents

Vista Apartments – 74 kids and parents. We have been having trouble getting kids interested in the literacy activities, so we kicked off an incentive program where the kids earn stars for each literacy activity they do. The can turn in their stars for small prizes or save them up for larger prizes. This has worked really well! Four stars were earned the first week, and by the fourth week kids were turning in stars for prizes. Staff are concerned about intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation patterns, so we will assess this program in December to see what we think.

Teen Lock In – Antfarm

Karaoke Kids

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Lock-In – 99 teens. This program is in partnership with Antfarm, we start at Antfarm for karaoke, then come to the library to watch YouTube videos until midnight.

Prep for the Haunted Library – 50 teens and adults

Learning Garden

Cosplay COntest

Ongoing
Game Factory – 9 teens

MakerSpace – 26 teens

Learning Garden – 26 teens. We got our first radish and zucchini this month!

Anime Club – 42 teens. 10 for our cosplay contest!

Fermentation Class

Adult Programs
Special
Coffee House – 120 people came to hear the Americana band No Time 2 Lose

Beyond Seed Saving Workshop – 14 people

Fermentation Class – 26 people. The speaker gave out free kombucha and kefir starters, and had a lot of great information to share.

Ongoing
ESOL (English Language) Tutoring – 21 tutoring sessions, 27 learners, 22 tutors

Mt Hood FM

Mt Hood Farmers Market – 91 visitors, checked out 30 packets of seeds.

Paint Nite – 16 people came to paint with Library Board member Melissa Lawrence

Book Group – Hoodland 9 people came to discuss Norwegian by Night by

Public Notary – Hoodland notorized 1 document

Art of Dane Venderweile

Art Exhibits

Sandy – Photography of Dane Vandewiele is currently on display in our staff moderated exhibit.

Art of Pamela Smithsted

Hoodland – Clackamas County Arts Alliance is exhibiting oil paintings of Pamela Smithsted, a Sandy resident.

Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading
Red Yarn
Sandy – 8 kids and parents
Hoodland 21 kids and parents

Make an Eclipse Viewer
Sandy – 40 kids and parents
Hoodland – 23 kids and parents

Sandy Actors Theater play Rendevous with Darkness
Sandy – 31 kids and parents
Hoodland – 16 kids and parents

The Big Eclipse in Bluff Park with Sandy Recreation Dept
386 kids and parents

Book Making
Vista Apartments- 11 kids

Angel Ocasio
Vista Apartments – 18 kids and parents

Dragon Puppet Theatre – Puppet making!
Vista Apartments – 18 kids and parents

Summer Reading Finishers Party
Vista Apartments – 18 kids and parents

Kids Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers
Sandy Signups 839, Sandy Finishers 259
Hoodland Signups 114, Hoodland Finishers 31

Vista Apartments Signups 25, Vista Apartments Finishers 0

Hana at Sandy is to the left – our Kids Summer Reading grand prize winner of an iPad!

Ongoing
Read to the Dog – 7 kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club
Sandy 18 kids and parents,
Hoodland 5 kids and parents

Wy-East Art Program – 81 students

Storytimes
Preschool at Sandy – 78 kids and parents
Wee Ones at Sandy – 101 kids and parents
Hoodland – 24 kids and parents

Teen Programs
Special
Paint Nite – 19 teens

Teen Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers
Sandy Signups 218, Sandy Finishers 41
Hoodland Signups 19, Hoodland Finishers 9

Matthew from Sandy is to the left – the winner of the Teen Summer Reading grand prize, an iPad!

Ongoing
Game Factory – 22 teens

Anime Club – 2 teens

Learning Garden – 4 teens

MakerSpace – 8 teens

Mt Hood Farmer’s Market
talked to 100 people about library programs
checked out 95 packets of seeds
gave out 2 new library cards
had 2 teen volunteers

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffee House – 78 people came to hear Kelsey and the next Right Thing

Qigong – 31 people participated in our 3 week program

Paint Night – 15 people participated

Seed Saving for Beginners – 18 people participated in this Seed Library Program

Adult Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers
Sandy Signups 197, Sandy Finishers 65
Hoodland Signups 35, Hoodland Finishers 28

Catherine at Hoodland is to the left- our winner of the Adult Summer Reading grand prize, a Kindle Fire!

Ongoing
Hoodland Book Group – 6 people came to talk about the book Gulp

Public Notary
Hoodland – 6 documents notarized

Volunteer Appreciation
Volunteer Appreciation BBQ
200 volunteers attended
13 library staff helped serve our volunteers

Building
Sandy got our Patron Self-Checkout machines installed! For the Month of August:
75.93% (or 3340 items) at Hoodland were checked out using self-checkout
78.32% (or 11,030 items) at Sandy were checked out using self-checkout
This is up from about 40% of items being checked out with self-checkout.

Art Exhibits
Clackamas County Arts Alliance changed out their art exhibit in Sandy to a group show Damascus Fiber Arts School. This show will be up for the next 2 months.

Our locally curated art exhibit in Sandy changed to Sue Allen’s Around Mount Hood: 12 months – 12 directions. This show will be up until October 5th.

Clackamas County Arts Alliance art at the Hoodland Library is currently photography by Laurence Cutler of Estacada.  This Exhibit will be up through October 10th.

The Mt Hood Piecemakers’ Club have installed a beautiful new quilt in Hoodland titled Magic by Ellen Hemmert.

Meetings
Library Advisory Board
Met on August 2nd. Discussed reduction in the number of Library Advisory Board Members (brought to City Council), initial results from the Strategic Plan- how to format them, and what information to discuss quarterly with the Board.

Sarah McIntyre attended Congressman Blumenauer’s visit to City Hall to talk with staff and electeds.

Chris Wilhelmi and Sarah McIntyre attended training with the City Attorney regarding RFPs, RFQs, and bids.

Library District Advisory Committee
The group at large got a report from the data subcommittee who was tasked with coming up with a better reporting form to LDAC and the County Commissioners. The Chair requested feedback on what topics were most relevant to discuss at upcoming meetings.