{"id":2953,"date":"2022-09-16T22:58:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:02:48","slug":"library-activities-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2022\/09\/16\/library-activities-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Summer Reading finished August 31st!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creature Teacher – Sandy 106 kids and 60 adults
– Hoodland 26 kids and 16 adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Busy Bugs – Hoodland 20 kids and 10 adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon Department of Human Services<\/strong> (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Users<\/strong>
Sandy 432 sessions
Hoodland 109 sessions

Mobile Printing <\/strong>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<\/strong>  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (130 cards total) Hoodland 1 (23 cards total).

Checkouts <\/strong>
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<\/strong> items(up from last month\u2019s 12,421) curbside pickup and browsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Ongoing
<\/strong>Vista Apartments – 102 kids attended Summer Reading Programs presented by\u00a0Mad Science, Creature Teacher, and a week long art camp run by Carolina Nascimento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 13 kids and 9 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Storytimes <\/strong>
<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Tree in Me <\/em>by Corinna Luyken
9 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Tap the magic Tree <\/em>by Christie Matheson
Facebook – 43 views, 2 reactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Little Green Peas  <\/em>by Keith Baker
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Press Here<\/em> by Herv\u00e9 Tullet
Facebook – 40 views, 2 reactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus <\/em>by Mo Willems
8 kids and 9 adults attended in Meinig Park
Foxy <\/em>by Emma Dodd
Facebook – 33 views, 1 reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 15 kids and 12 adults attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytimes at Hoodland <\/strong>Presented by Molly Espenel and Monica Smith.\u00a0 19 kids and 17 adults attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasquatch word scavenger hunt<\/strong> – 45 kids found all the words and won a prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing<\/strong>
Take and Make – 95 teens (81 Sandy, 14 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Twinkle twine lanterns. \u00a0 Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anime Club – 17 teens attended to watch anime, make paper fans, and connect with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Adult Programs<\/strong>
Ongoing
<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 21 units of blood collected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Group\u00a0 – 16 people attended our twice monthly writing group\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Classes: Keyboard and Mouse – 1 person

Book Clubs<\/strong>
Women\u2019s Book Club – 3 people brought titles that they were reading to share with the group
Men\u2019s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Whistling Season<\/em> by Ivan Doig
Hoodland Book Club – 7 people discussed Whiskey When We\u2019re Dry<\/em> by John Larison<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Notary – Hoodland 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Displays<\/strong>
August is national dog month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibits<\/strong>
Come in now to see prints and originals of local artist Doug Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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