Bookmobile
Upcoming Bookmobile Routes & Events
We are excited to be able to bring library services directly to your residency and look forward to meeting you all!
Summer Schedule & Route (6/18-9/3)
1st Thursday – Pine Grove
- 2:30p-4:00p – Early Intervention 2405 Eastside Rd
2nd Thursday – Hood River Heights
- 2:30-3:30p Pacific Ave (street parking)
- 3:30-4:30 Aquatic Center 1601 May St.
- 5:00-6:00p Wyeast Vista Apartments 1800 8th st.
3rd Thursday – Hood River Cascade/Oak Street
- 2:00p-3:00p Walmart Parking Lot
- 3:00-4:00p Hood River Crossings Apartments 3145 Cascade Ave.
4th Thursday – Hood River Westside/Odell
- 3p-4p Rockford Grange, 4262 Barrett Drive
2nd & 4th Saturday – Odell
- 10:30a-12:00p Mobile Home Park/AGA RD
- 12:30p-1:30p Neighborhood Park 3163 Tamarack Rd.
- 2:30p-3:30p Empty Lot Next to Fire Station 3421 Odell Hwy
Mercado del Valle (5-7pm, Atkinson Rd., Odell, OR)
- June 18th
- July 2nd & 16th
- August 6th & 20th
- September 3rd
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About the Bookmobile
The Bookmobile provides literacy and lifelong learning opportunities for community members of all ages by bringing library materials, staff expertise, services, WiFi access, technology, and programs to off-site events and locations to serve patrons in underserved areas of Hood River County. Not everyone can easily access one of the library branches — the bookmobile allows greater support for all of our county residents.
The bookmobile travels all over the county, providing the same services as the physical library branches. Patrons can put items on hold, have them delivered, and pick them up the next time the bookmobile comes to their area. Patrons can browse the shelves, which hold popular fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, Library of Things items, and magazines.
Mobile services benefit families through neighborhood outreach programs, residents of senior facilities, and the large and historically underserved Spanish-speaking population in Odell, many of whom do not live near a library branch. Mobile access to the library increases equity for populations unable to visit the library. We are excited about this new way to support our community — we are confident the Bookmobile is a highly visible resource that engages both current and new users and improves lives by providing connections to literacy and other educational services.
The Bookmobile was made possible by our amazing local library community!
How We Did It
The Hood River County Library District is proud to announce that our community contributed the entire amount to purchase the bookmobile in less than two months, bringing our dreams to provide equitable services throughout Hood River County to fruition. The library district and fundraising groups thank you for you amazing support of this vital project.
- Sponsorship: $85,000 (see below)
- Local individual donations: $41,537
- Feast of Words 2018/2019/2020: $36,000
- Bequest: $17,000
- The Hood River Cultural Trust $2,500 grant to purchase new library materials for the Bookmobile.
Platinum Sponsor $25,000
Doug & Leslie Campbell
Remembering Dorothy – John – Maureen
Feast of Word Library Foundation
State Library of Oregon – American Rescue Plan Act Grant
Gold Sponsor $10,000
Mark Patterson & Beth Joyce
Remembering Katie Barker
Silver Sponsor $5,000
Ron Cohen, Christie Smith, & KJ Cohen
Remembering Laura Schaefer
The Hackett Family
Bronze Sponsor $2,500
The Hood River Cultural Trust
Cathi Lannon
Waucoma Bookstore
Elaine and Scott Johnson
Wyeast Laboratories, Inc.
Jean & Craig Sheppard
Duckwall Fruit
Friends and Neighbors Book Club
Remembering Joe and Kay Higgins
In addition, we are pleased to announce we have received a $75,000 grant to fund operations, library collection and technology for the bookmobile and more from the State Library of Oregon. The funds are part of the American Rescue Plan Act Grant Awards.
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