{"id":4405,"date":"2025-11-21T22:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2025-11-21T23:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:49:11","slug":"library-activities-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2025\/11\/21\/library-activities-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fundraising and grants for Mobile Library (as of 11\/20\/2025) total = $62,142<\/strong>
Grants received<\/strong>
$10,000 Ford Family Foundation\u00a0
$25,000 Roundhouse Foundation\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Donations<\/strong>
$500 Clackamas County Bank
$250 Scenic Fruit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Donations<\/strong>
$23,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurant Fundraisers<\/strong>
$1643.23 (Mt Pizza and Brews 10\/24 $217.90)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events<\/strong>
$1248.27\u00a0 Bingo, Books, and Brews – 60 attendees came to this event that moved from outdoors to indoors at Mt Pizza and Brews due to wind gusts. A huge thank you for raffle items and prizes donated by: The Amber Experience, Antfarm, BDK Skateshop, Bigfoot Plumbing, Blue Door Rustics, Laura Strudwick, Liepold Farms, Maria Burke, Mt Hood Pet Resort, Once Upon a Tome, Snady Actors Theater, Thrive, and Wippersnappers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farmers Markets<\/strong>
The Season was winding down this month.\u00a0 We talked to 25 (95 last month) people at the Mt Hood Farmers Market and 37 (131 last month) people at the Hoodland Farmers Market.\u00a0 We collected a total of $78 (last month $183) to help us upfit the Mobile Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Sandy Volunteer Recognition<\/strong> – 55 volunteers attended for wine and cheese as well as fun and raffle prizes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Social Media<\/strong>
<\/strong>Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog<\/strong>
<\/strong>1944 Followers on Facebook <\/strong>(Sandy Public Library Friends) (1933 last month)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Posts on Facebook <\/strong>(by engagement):33 Volunteer Appreciation Photos, 29 New Art at the Hoodland Library, 26 Banned Books Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1103 Followers on Instagram<\/strong> (1087 last month) We had 169 post interactions, 144 likes, 4 comments, 7 saves, and 14 shares
Top Instagram <\/strong>posts (by engagement): 26 Banned Books Week, 25 Volunteer Appreciation Photos, 16 Books, Bingo & Brews Prizes
Our Instagram Reel <\/strong>showcasing the new art at the Hoodland Library received 229 views, and our reel featuring the Pumpkin Decorating Contest received 195 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Library Blog<\/strong> posts: 48 November Book Club Picks, 15 Sandy Seed Library News October<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We currently have 3635 (3644 last month) email subscribers in Constant Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Users<\/strong>
Sandy 466 sessions
Hoodland 119 sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile Printing <\/strong>Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. 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.\u00a0\u00a0
Sandy – 189 users printed 376 jobs (1050 pages)
Hoodland – 109 users printed 195 jobs (566 pages)

New Library Accounts<\/strong>\u00a0 Sandy 130, Hoodland 11

Checkouts\u00a0<\/strong>
Sandy – 2735 sessions. This averages 88 sessions\/day 90 last month) 9316 items
Hoodland – 550 sessions.\u00a0 This averages 20 sessions\/day (22 last month) 1877 items
We checked out a total of 11,193<\/strong> items (last month 10,596) curbside pickup and browsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids Programs<\/strong>
<\/strong>Special<\/strong>
<\/strong>Trick or Treat Trail 748 kids and 627 adults attended on a stormy Saturday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall into Origami – 5 kids and 2 adults attended this program presented by Eileen Holtzman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing<\/strong>
Vista Apartments – We\u2019ve changed our program from weekly to monthly so that we can plan more special events! <\/strong>\u00a0This first month, 11 kids attended to make crafts for Hispanic Heritage Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 17 kids attended to do fun stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEGO Club – Sandy 11 kids and 6 adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEM Club – 28 kids and 15 adults attended to explore forensics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read to the Dog – 30 kids and 18 adults attended to read to Tanis <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Tutoring – 19 one hour sessions of reading tutoring  at Sandy (1 tutor and 1 student each).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take & Make – 264 KIDS and TEENS (244 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up pumpkins to enter our pumpkin decorating contests.\u00a0 54 kids and 18 teens brought them back to enter. This special Take & Make was available starting on the 1st of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storytimes
<\/strong>Storytime videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group.\u00a0 Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucky Duck<\/em> by Greg Pizzoli
12 kids and 10 adults attended
Night in the City<\/em> by Michael McGarrity
Facebook – 8 views, 1 reaction\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Most Boring Book Ever <\/em>by Brandon Sanderson
15 kids and 12 adults attended\u00a0
It\u2019s Corn Picking Time! <\/em>by Jill Esbaum
Facebook – 9 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bear and the Three Goldilocks <\/em>by Patrick Horne
20 kids and 14 adults attended
My Pollinator Garden <\/em>by Jordan Zwetchkenbaum
Facebook – 9 views, 1 reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polly Bee Makes Honey <\/em>by Deborah Chancellor
14 kids and 12 adults attended
On Our Way With Mr Jay <\/em>by Chelsea Lin Wallace
Facebook – 6 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s Almost Time for Halloween<\/em> by Maisho Oso
12 kids and 11 adults attended
Itsy Bitsy Spider <\/em>by Iza Tripani
Facebook – 7 views, 1 reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Storytime <\/strong>\u00a0– Presented by Monica Smith has been removed from the schedule due to lack of attendance.

Storytime at Hoodland <\/strong>Presented by Molly Espenel – 26 kids and 24 adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teen Programs
Special<\/strong>
Flashlight Candy Hunt – 45 teens and 20 adults attended in inclement weather!

Ongoing<\/strong>
Makerspace – up to 14 teens attended our 5 week courses. They sun printed T-shirts and made glow in the dark jarred items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dungeons and Dragons – 16 teens attended this fantasy tabletop role playing game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teen Hangout – 11 teens attended to paint Happy Little Trees<\/em> ala Bob Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teen Library Advisory Board (TLAB) – 10 teens attended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ufeffAdult Programs<\/strong>
<\/strong>Special<\/strong>
<\/strong>Puzzle Swap – 32 people attended to share puzzles and pick up new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ongoing<\/strong>
<\/strong>Mobile Stabilization and Outreach Unit – 5 clients and 5 service providers attended.  This unit is coordinated by Parole and Probation Officer, Amanda Denis from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office with the help of community partners: Love One, 4D, Central City Concern, Parrott Creek, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), ODHS and Clackamas Behavioral Health.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 24 people attended.  20 donors and 4 staff\/volunteers attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities.  21 attended the 2nd Monday and 23 attended on the 4th Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) tutoring –  8 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each).  English Language class – 4 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Group  -27 people attended our writing group <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiber Arts Circle – 58 people attended in the Fireplace Room on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish Class – 5 people attended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book-a-Librarian – 6 people learned Canva,Microsoft Word, Google Drive and Goggle Docs,  iPhone settings and connecting computer to iPhone hotspot, resources for job skills\/computer skills, and had their iPhone questions answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Notary – Hoodland 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology Classes – iPad and iPhone – 3, Learn about Libby – 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Clubs<\/strong>
Men\u2019s Book Club – 8 people discussed Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em> by Delia Owens
Women\u2019s Book Group – 8 people discussed books<\/em> by Agatha Christie
Hoodland Book Group – 5 people discussed The Silent Patient<\/em> by Alex Michaelides
Digital Book Club – 6 people discussed Everything is Tuberculosis<\/em> by John Green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fundraising and grants for Mobile Library (as of 11\/20\/2025) total = $62,142Grants received$10,000 Ford Family Foundation\u00a0$25,000 Roundhouse Foundation\u00a0 Business Donations$500 Clackamas County Bank$250 Scenic Fruit Individual Donations$23,500 Restaurant Fundraisers$1643.23 (Mt Pizza and Brews 10\/24 $217.90) Events$1248.27\u00a0 Bingo, Books, and Brews … Continue reading →<\/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-4405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405","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=4405"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4491,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405\/revisions\/4491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}