Sandy News Briefs

Published 7:00 am Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Call, visit the library for tech help

Need help understanding and navigating your computer, tablet or smartphone? Give the Millennials and Gen Z-ers in your life the day off and call the Sandy Library at 503-668-5537 to schedule an appointment with a librarian.

Library staff members can help you with questions about:

• email
• social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)
• Microsoft Word
• PC basics
• using the internet
• using a tablet or smartphone

Aside from individual help by appointment, the library also facilitates several tech-related classes on a regular basis. Still upcoming in March is the following class: 

Introduction to iPad & iPhone: 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 25

Participants will learn important skills for using an iPad or iPhone, including navigating the device, connecting to Wi-Fi, common apps and helpful settings.

Bring your own device and make sure you know your Apple ID and password.

Space is limited, so registration required.

For more information on this class, contact Maureen Houck at mhouck@ci.sandy.or.us.

Call the library at 503-668-5537 to register. The class meets in the Hoyt Community Room.

Public invited to transit board meeting

The Sandy Transit Advisory Board meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Transit Operations Building, 16610 Champion Way, Sandy. The public is welcome to attend all board meetings, which occur quarterly.

The agenda includes but is not limited to the grant updates, capital projects and operational updates. The board is actively seeking to fill two at-large positions.

Those unable to attend in person can attend virtually. A link to the Zoom meeting is at ci.sandy.or.us/transit.

Transit information is available by phone at 503-668-3466 or online at ci.sandy.or.us/transit.

For more information, contact Transit Director Andi Howell, 503-489-0925, or ahowell@ci.sandy.or.us. Or, visit ci.sandy.or.us/transit.

Connect a homebound senior with a meal

For more than three decades, the Sandy Community/Senior Center has operated the local Meals on Wheels program, providing homebound seniors with meals as well as connections with members of their community.

Last year alone the Center served more than 130 local homebound seniors in Sandy, Boring and even Damascus.

In a collaborative effort to raise funds for this charitable program, the Center, in partnership with several local businesses, has been hosting a March for Meals fundraising campaign for the second year.

You still have one more opportunity to enjoy a meal or sweet treat at a Sandy business and have part of the proceeds from your sale benefit the Meals on Wheels program, on Friday, March 21: Mountain Moka, 17450 S.E. Meinig Ave.

More restaurants may be added to the schedule for March of Meals. For an up-to-date list, visit ci.sandy.or.us/parks-rec/page/march-meals-campaign or call the Center.

Learn about edible gardening at the library

With spring on the horizon, people are already preparing ideas for what they’ll plant in their gardens and planter boxes this year.

At Sandy Public Library, library volunteer, Leslie Mestman, will lead the Sandy Edible Gardening group, which will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, March 24, to share the highs and lows of edible gardening among neighbors, as well as swap tips, timelines, strategies and resources.

All are welcome to join, regardless of if you’re a novice or seasoned green thumb.

“Together we’ll go from seed to maximizing the bounty of the harvest,” library staff said.

The group will meet in the Hoyt Community Room in the Sandy Public Library, 38980 Proctor Blvd.

For more information, contact seed librarian Brianna Chase at bchase@ci.sandy.or.us.

D31 Foundation, Senior Center co-host fundraiser dinner

As part of their March for Meals campaign, the Sandy Senior Center will host a fundraiser dinner for seniors, hosted in partnership with local nonprofit organization the D31 Foundation from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, March 29.

The event is sponsored by Timberline Meat, who will donate food for the dinner.

For the event, youth from the Sandy community will prepare and share a meal at the Sandy Community/Senior Center, 38348 Pioneer Blvd.

The Center will accept donations for March for Meals at the time of registration and throughout the month of March. To make a reservation for the dinner, call 503-668-5569.

For more information about the March for Meals campaign, visit ci.sandy.or.us/parks-rec/page/march-meals-campaign.