{"id":2255,"date":"2020-08-21T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T18:50:52","slug":"library-activities-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2020\/08\/21\/library-activities-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summer Reading started July 1st!\u00a0 It runs July 1, 2020 &#8211; August 31, 2020<br><\/strong>This summer join us online for summer reading with Beanstack!. Log your reading, complete activities, write book reviews, and earn virtual badges.\u00a0 Get the Beanstack Tracker app for <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/beanstack-tracker\/id1360324277\">iOS<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.beanstack&amp;hl=en_US\">Android.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/SR-859x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/SR-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/SR-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/SR-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/SR.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t have access to the Internet? A paper option is available for Kids, Teens, and Adults upon request.&nbsp; These can be picked up using our curbside service!&nbsp; Call the library for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon completion, all participants will receive a $5 off library fine voucher. Kids and teens will also get to select a book to keep for completing the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Prizes (raffle drawing)<br>Baby &#8211; Preschool: Duplo Set<br>Grades K &#8211; 5: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil<br>Grades 6 &#8211; 12: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil<br>Adults &#8211; $100 cash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have completed your Summer Reading Challenge, we are ready for you to come to the library to pick up your finisher packet!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ci.sandy.or.us\/COVID-19Library#take-out\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to check the times for curbside.<\/a>Look for the &#8220;Summer Reading Finisher Books&#8221; posted on the windows of the West side of the building at Sandy and on the front windows at Hoodland. Pick out a title and give us a call from outside. We will ask for your name, put together your finisher bag, and then take it out to the Curbside Pickup table for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/unnamed-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/unnamed-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/unnamed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/unnamed.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have also continued to take weekly summer Reading craft kits to Vista Apartments,trying to keep the kids engaged with the library, learning, and reading.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Libraries are getting ready for when we begin to open to the public <\/strong>(In Phase 2 of the Governor\u2019s Reopening Oregon Plan)!&nbsp; Our protective barriers in place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/barrier1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2260\" data-link=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?attachment_id=2260\" class=\"wp-image-2260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/barrier1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/barrier1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/barrier1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curbside pickup of holds and seeds<\/strong> Starting July 29th we changed how we do curbside pickup!\u00a0 Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday.\u00a0 At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday.\u00a0 Simply park in a designated spot in the library parking lot at Sandy, give us a call, tell us your library card #, which numbered spot you are parked in, and we will check out your holds and set them on the table in your corresponding number.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#s for July:\u00a0 Sandy &#8211; 1227 pickups in 30 days.\u00a0 This averages 41 pickups\/day(up from 30 last month).\u00a0 Hoodland &#8211;\u00a0 328 pickups in 21 days.\u00a0 Averages 16 pickups\/day(up from 14 last month). We checked out a total of 4646 items through curbside pickup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/curbside.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kids Programs<br>Special<\/strong><br>Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an <strong>Early Literacy Activity<\/strong> to do with kids, a <strong>storytime<\/strong> with a famous person, something about a current topic such as<strong> our community blood drive <\/strong>or <strong>an author talk <\/strong>and a Library <strong>resource<\/strong> or other current available resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/blood-drive.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2263\" data-link=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?attachment_id=2263\" class=\"wp-image-2263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/blood-drive.jpg 959w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/blood-drive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/blood-drive-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/blood-drive-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"282\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/HowtobeanAntircist.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2264\" data-link=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?attachment_id=2264\" class=\"wp-image-2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/HowtobeanAntircist.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/HowtobeanAntircist-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/HowtobeanAntircist-500x261.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Storytimes and Crafts<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries &#8211; Storytime Parents Group.&nbsp; Use numbers were recorded after 1 week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual storytimes<\/strong><br>Bear Comes Along by Richard T. Morris 7\/24 &#8211; Monica Smith &#8211; 5 reactions, 50 views\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Kitty&#8217;s Cuddles by Jane Cabrera 7\/30 &#8211; Monica Smith &#8211; 2 reactions, 42 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Crafts<\/strong><br>Sensory Foam 7\/27 &#8211; Maureen Houck &#8211; 11&nbsp; reactions, 74 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2266\" class=\"wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2267\" data-link=\"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?attachment_id=2267\" class=\"wp-image-2267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam1-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/foam1-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teen Programs<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Ongoing<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Inked Writing Workshop &#8211; 30 teens participated in the weekly online writing prompt workshop with Bree Bender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TLAB &#8211; 2&nbsp; teens attended virtually to help plan programs and services for teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ufeffAdult Programs<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Ongoing<\/strong><br>Book Clubs:<br><strong>Men\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 members met socially distanced and outdoors to discuss <br><strong>Women\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 Held a zoom meeting&nbsp; with 9 book club members to discuss&nbsp; Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens &nbsp; <br><strong>Virtual <\/strong>&#8211; Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has 62 members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sit and Knit a Bit &#8211; virtual knitting group had 17 participants<em><br><\/em><br>Sandy Seed Library &#8211; We checked out 6 seed packets for curbside pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Notary &#8211; Hoodland 3 by appointment, socially distanced and outdoors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Training &#8211; <\/strong>Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars\/trainings.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Reading started July 1st!\u00a0 It runs July 1, 2020 &#8211; August 31, 2020This summer join us online for summer reading with Beanstack!. Log your reading, complete activities, write book reviews, and earn virtual badges.\u00a0 Get the Beanstack Tracker app &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2020\/08\/21\/library-activities-july-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2269,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions\/2269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}