Author: Myles Caputo

Table of Contents Tenure Recognition Program We are excited to have started a new and ongoing program this season which will recognize our long tenured team members. We kicked it off with a special recognition dinner on the evening of February 3rd where team members who have been with us for 15 years or longer were recognized and celebrated for their ongoing contributions. I don’t know but I’ve been told, you never slow down, you never grow old when you work at a wonderful place with wonderful people. Enjoy the…

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Table of Contents Find the lyrics winner! Congratulations to Brandon from Food & Bev for finding this weeks lyrics! Shout out for being the first team member to sing the lyrics in HR, thanks for keeping the stoke alive Brandon! Meadows EAP It’s normal to feel a little burnout after the holidays, we offer an EAP to help mitigate the mental stress associated with these feelings. Mt. Hood Meadows is partnered with Uprise Health, a mental health care provider.  Offering a wide range of services, (including, but not limited to)…

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Table of Contents Safety Corner: Mindful Movement SAFETY CORNER: MINDFUL MOVEMENT We’re always on the move at work – pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, bending. Whether flipping a spatula, moving a ski rack, or tightening a bolt, using our bodies to get things done is essential. This doesn’t always go the way we hope. Of 55 reported employee injuries this season, around 40% had “Movement” as the root cause. These are almost all preventable injuries. The “Movement” category doesn’t include slips on ice or falls on slope. It also doesn’t include…

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Table of Contents Huge thanks for showing out for FISH food bank On Tuesday the 17th, we witnessed our biggest Provide to Ride event ever! Thanks to the incredible generosity of our guests and community, the benefit for Hood River’s FISH Food Bank generated an outstanding 9,100 pounds of food donations and $38,726 in proceeds from lift ticket sales. While past events have seen excellent support, this year broke all records for both food and monetary contributions. Guests could participate by either bringing 24 cans of food or two hams in exchange for a free…

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Table of Contents One month in – 24/25 season One month in and with well over 100 inches on record already, we hope everyone is having as great of a start to the season as this year’s snowfall! Thank you to all our Team Members who continue to show up with a smile and make our guests experience the best that in can be. We couldn’t do it without you! Slope Grooming Operators of the Month Graveyard Operator of the Month Rue Haight Rue was selected because she has really…

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Table of Contents What’s New With The Newsletter Get to know your co-workers: I’ve compiled a list of questions and will be interviewing a team member from a different department each week. If you wish to be a participant, or have someone you’d like to nominate to participate, send me an email or swing by the HR office and let me know the name and department of the individual to be interviewed. Find the Lyric: In each newsletter this season there will be a hidden song lyric or lyrics. Be…

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Table of Contents Welcome Back Greetings and Welcome Home! A huge thank you to everyone for being flexible and putting in the extra effort to help us with our earliest opening in 15 years! While we got a helping hand from mother nature, without everyone’s hard work and resiliency we would not be getting powder laps in before Thanksgiving. Previous Next New traffic signal coming soon! Anyone that has worked at Mt Hood Meadows for a season can probably tell you about encountering cars coming in and out of the…

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