{"id":4697,"date":"2026-06-11T22:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:06:18","slug":"library-activities-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2026\/06\/11\/library-activities-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mobile Library<\/strong>
Total visitors May<\/strong> – 546<\/strong> (9 stops in Sandy Service Area, 3 in Hoodland)
Oregon Trail School District Elementary Schools – 291 kids came onto the vehicle
Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 15 people, 1 card issued
Vista Apartments – 1 person
Yappy Hour – 40 people, 2 cards issued, 6 seed packet checkouts (181 people and dogs came to the library booth!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt Hood Farmers Market – 98 people come to our booth on opening day!, 1 card, 6 seed packet checkouts, $32.08 in fundraising<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoodland Senior Center – 2 people, 1 card issued
Avamere at Sandy – 3 people
Hoodland Farmers Market – 96 people, 16 seed packet checkouts, $7 in fundraising

We have 19 Mobile Library stops in June and are adding more every week! See the schedule<\/a>, request a permanent stop in your neighborhood or for a special event.

Fundraising and grants for Mobile Library<\/strong> (as of 6\/9\/2026) total = $111,743 <\/strong>
Goal = $172,589<\/strong>
Grants received
$10,000 Ford Family Foundation
$25,000 Roundhouse Foundation
$40,000 Jerome S. and Barbara Bischoff Library Subfund of Oregon Community Foundation

Business Donations
$500 Clackamas County Bank
$250 Scenic Fruit

Individual Donations (includes restaurant fundraisers $1643.23 and events $1248.27)
$35,993

LINCC Library Trail <\/strong>
Sandy – 17 participants turned in logs, 9 got stamps at every library
Grand Prize – Sami Watson
Prize Bundle Winners – Sparrow Reid, Christopher Sparks, and Janelle Wren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoodland – 5 participants turned in logs, 2 went to every library
Grand Prize – Amanda Green
Prize Bundle Winners – Jesta Evens, Jessie Robinson, Brandi Gail Conley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Social Media<\/strong>
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog<\/strong>
2040 Followers on Facebook<\/strong> (Sandy Public Library Friends) (2030 last month)
Top Posts on Facebook<\/strong> (by engagement): 25 Hoodland Cerulean Book Display, 15 Cultural Pass Express Post, 14 Free Homeschool Books at the Hoodland Library

1121 Followers on Instagram<\/strong> (1131 last month) We had 107 post interactions, 91 likes, 1 comment, 3 saves, and 12 shares
Top Instagram posts<\/strong> (by engagement): 10 Congrats to Ahbree Simpson for winning the reading challenge prize, 9 Cultural Pass Express Post, 8 Farmer’s Market Storytime, 8 Hoodland Cerulean Book Display

Top Library Blog<\/strong> posts: 33 June Book Club Picks, 27 Sandy Seed Library News, 22 Sandy Library Recommendations for AAPI Month, 14 10 Books to Read Before You Watch in 2026

We currently have 3843 (3817 last month) email subscribers in Constant Contact<\/strong>

Computer Users<\/strong>
Sandy 459 sessions
Hoodland 116 sessions
Mobile Printing 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.
Sandy – 167 users printed 401 jobs (1785 pages)
Hoodland – 59 users printed 86 jobs (294 pages)

New Library Accounts Sandy 117, Hoodland 14

Checkouts <\/strong>
Sandy – 2509 sessions. This averages 84 sessions\/day (84 last month) 8767 items
Hoodland – 589 sessions. This averages 24 sessions\/day (21 last month) 1931 items
We checked out a total of 10,698 items (last month 10,654) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special<\/strong>
All Ages Board Game Day – 10 kids and 7 adults come to play board games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing<\/strong>
Vista Apartments – 6 kids attended to make wooden dolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 26 kids attended to make wooden dolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEGO Club – Sandy 7 kids and 6 adults, Hoodland 1 kid and 2 adults

Read to the Dog – 31 kids and 10 adults attended to read to Tanis

STEM Club – 28 kids and 15 adults came to make mini terrariums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reading Tutoring – 9 one hour sessions of reading tutoring at Sandy (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a magnetic wildflower vase. Take & Makes available starting on the 15th of the month.

Origami Crane Seek and Find – 83 people found origami cranes in the library

Storytimes<\/strong> – Join us and the Mobile Library for June – August Storytimes in Bluff Park!<\/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.

Mama Hug by Emma Straub
19 kids and 16 adults attended
A Big Bed For Little Snow by Grace Lin
Facebook – 23 views

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
24 kids and 18 adults attended
Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
Facebook – 12 views

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson
19 kids and 17 adults attended
If This Were The World by Stephen Barr
Facebook – 30views

Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
20 kids and 16 adults
Hello Moon by AAAA
Facebook – 7 views

Bear Outside by Jane Yolen
Facebook – 9 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensory Storytime and Playgroup – Presented by Todos Juntos – 14 kids and 9 adults came to this inclusive playgroup, designed for families with children who have developmental needs and neurodiverse challenges.

Storytime at Hoodland<\/strong> – including Hoodland Farmers Market!
Presented by Molly Espenel – 60 kids and 55 adults

Teen Programs
Ongoing<\/strong>
*NEW<\/strong> – Teen and Adult Scavenger Hunt – 51 people (26 Sandy, 25 Hoodland) did this hunt which gave\u00a0patrons clues for items in the online catalog. When they got to the shelf location they got a clue for the next book. We taught some people how to use the library catalog this month!

Dungeons and Dragons – 18 teens attended this fantasy tabletop role playing game

MakerSpace – 13 teens attended to create smores Gameboy controllers with edible ink<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teen Hangout – 19 teens attended

Teen & Adult Take & Make – 100 people (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a Paper Flower Card

Teen Writer\u2019s Group – 4 teen attended

Adult Programs
Special<\/strong>
Seedling Swap – 22 people attended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bountiful Seasons – 6 people attended this presentation by OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ volunteer Dennis Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marketing for Beginning Authors – 4 people attended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One Book One Coast – 3 people attending this livestream event to hear George Takei talk about his experience in the Japanese Internment Camps.

Ongoing<\/strong>
Mobile Stabilization and Outreach Unit – 4 clients and 9 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.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 32 people attended. 28 donors and 4 staff\/volunteers attended.

Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 18 attended the 2nd Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) tutoring – 7 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each). English Language class – 14 students.

Writing Critique Group – 22 people attended

Fiber Arts Circle – 33 people attended in the Fireplace Room on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons

French Conversation Group – 2 people attended at Hoodland Library

Technology Classes – File management – 1, Introduction to iPad and iPhone – 2, Learn about Libby – 3

Book Clubs<\/strong>
Men\u2019s Book Club – 16 people discussed The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Women\u2019s Book Group – 12 people discussed Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
Hoodland Book Group – 9 people discussed They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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