By Hoodland and Sandy Public Libraries, The Mountain Times
This holiday season, the Hoodland and Sandy Public Libraries are excited to introduce two community-driven projects designed to spread joy and warmth. Join us in celebrating the spirit of giving and make this holiday season brighter for everyone in our community!
First we offer the annual Take & Make kit that is made available at both the Hoodland and Sandy Public Libraries, as well as at the City of Sandy tree lighting event. Those who take a kit are asked to use their artistic imagination to create two non-religious greeting cards for homebound senior citizens to help them celebrate the holiday season. Each of the 350 kits contains two cards, a glue stick, and various other items. Participants are welcome to use other materials they might have at home. Kits are made available starting Nov. 15 and are due back to either library by Dec. 15. Cards are distributed to Meals On Wheels recipients, and to residents at senior living facilities and Mt. Hood Hospice.
Craft For A Cause: Holiday Cards for Seniors
The special winter holiday Take & Make kit for all ages will be available at the Hoodland and Sandy Public Libraries starting November 15, while supplies last. You are invited to make greeting cards for home-bound seniors to celebrate the holiday season. Some craft supplies will be enclosed in the kit along with two blank cards. You are welcome to use additional supplies of your own. Finished cards should be returned to the libraries by December 15.
Info: Lara at lwilent@ci.sandy.or.us or 503-622-3460
Also coming up is the annual holiday tree at the Hoodland Library. We coordinate with the group who organizes the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket program. We collect items for them to give as Christmas gifts, as well as make available the applications for gifts and food baskets. We usually put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but with the holiday being so late in the month this year, we will put the tree up early, on Monday, Nov. 18.
For more info on the Christmas Basket program, contact Carol Norgard at craisinorazion@gmail.com
8Bring your new or handmade hats, ear-warmers, mittens, gloves, scarves, socks and slippers, as well as new/unopened toiletries, to decorate the holiday tree at Hoodland Public Library beginning Monday, Nov. 18, through Wednesday, Dec. 11. The items will go to the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket program for local families. Applications for baskets will be available at various locations in the community, including the library, beginning Nov. 1 and should be turned in by a yet to be determined December date.
Info: hoodlandlibrary@ci.sandy.or.us or 503-622-3460.