Team Newsletter – 2.8.23

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Mark your calendars, our End of Nights Team Appreciation event is set for Thursday, March 16th! 

We will also be hosting a Summer Employers Job Fair, to help you connect with local, summer-seasonal opportunities. 

More info to come! Stay tuned! 

Best-In-Class Employer

gallagher

For the second year in a row, we have been recognized as a company that provides innovative solutions for creating organizational structures, workplace policies, and total rewards, which inclusively engage and motivate its employees. 

Gallagher’s Best-in-Class awards recognize employers that excel in supporting their employees’ physical, emotional, career, and financial well-being for better organizational outcomes.

“We are pleased that our efforts to put our team first have been recognized as best-in-class, not only among hospitality companies but when compared to organizations worldwide. This validates the alignment we have emphasized to have our entire leadership focus on supporting the well-being and growth of our team members.” – Matt Troskey, V.P. of People and Learning for Mt. Hood Meadows/Cooper Spur Mountain Resort.

We were named in part due to our proactive and structured approach to planning, developing, and implementing comprehensive benefits and HR programs. We believe supporting our workforce builds our overall organizational strength and resilience.  

Unique Summer Opportunity @ Meadows

As most of you know, we’ll be replacing our Mt. Hood Express Lift with a high-speed six-pack this summer & Leitner-Poma is looking for help installing our new lift! 

Basic qualifications: 

  • English proficiency
  • Must be 18 years of age
  • Previous construction and heavy equipment experience

Preferred qualifications include: 

  • Previous ski lift experience

Wage range: $18 – $25/hour (depending on experience)

Full posting linked below, resumes can be sent to John Stratton, Installation Project Manager at: john.stratton@leitner-poma.com

Employee Tunes Extended!

HPC

Please read the following prior to dropping off your gear for a tune. 

Rules:

  • Please respect the HPC team and know that they will be focused on guest tunes Fri, Sat & Sun. If gear is dropped off on a weekend, it may take longer to get it done. 
  • $25 is the base price. The final cost is dependent on how much time/material is needed. 
  • This is for Team Members personal gear only, it is not for friends or family, we are still tuning guest gear during the week, and this is a Thank You to our Team. 
  • The HPC cannot bring gear back from the dead. If it’s beyond repair, they can refuse to tune it. 
  • Snowboarders must take their bindings and hardware with them. There is not sufficient room in the HPC for storage. 
  • Employee tunes are for tuning only, no mounts, or binding adjustments.
  • One set at a time, you cannot drop off new gear until your last gear has been tuned and picked up. 
  • Please pick up your gear as soon as possible, space in the shop is extremely limited. 

Please be understanding about time, depending on how much volume the HPC crew is dealing with, things can take a little longer than expected. The HPC crew will be working as hard as they can to get your gear done in a timely manner. 

Please be respectful & gracious to our HPC team, and remember this is for team members only, please don’t talk about it with guests or friends. 

Thank you for all your hard work this season, 
– High Performance Center Team

Upcoming Events / Offerings

Wellness Offerings

Friday, February 10th

  • Physical Therapy
    • 11 am – 3 pm in the White River Room

Tuesday, February 21st

  • Group Acupuncture
    • 11 am – 1 pm in the Alpenstube Loft

Wednesday, March 8th

  • Physician On-Site
    • 8 am – 11 am in the White River Room

MHM Events

February Apres Music in the Vertical Schedule:  Dave Tragethon - February 10th Free Hugger - February 11th Megan Alder - February 12th Shane Brown & The Sound - February 17th Balance Trick - February 18th & 19th Chris Couch - February 20th Matthew McCravey - February 24th Acoustic Minds - February 25th & 26th

Celebrating Black History Month

Pioneers in Healthcare and Mental Health

February marks the celebration African American Heritage Month, also known as Black History Month, a time to recognize and honor African Americans’ contributions throughout history. In 1915, Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded what is now known as the Study of African American Life & History. This organization sponsored a national history week in February of 1926. This week-long celebration was the first time there was a full national event around African American heritage and history. 

By the late 1960s, that national week grew to become Black History Month. An annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in the history of the United States. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. 

The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance”, explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression since the nation’s earliest days. 

This month always provides an excellent opportunity to remember the legacies of those who have come before us and to look ahead to a future of equity, justice, and inclusion. The information below, provided by our EAP, outlines and celebrates the accomplishments of Black pioneers in healthcare and mental health.  Click the names of these pioneers to learn more about the vital contributions they made throughout history. 

One of the earliest female African American physicians in history was Dr. Rebecca J. Cole. Born into slavery in 1846, Cole became one of the first Black woman to graduate from medical school when she completed her education in 1867. She worked as a physician at two hospitals for women and children—the Women’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children—and was an advocate for equal rights for women during her career.

Bebe Moore Campbell was a tireless advocate for the mental health needs of underrepresented communities, particularly the Black community. As a writer, journalist, teacher, and advocate, she founded NAMI-Inglewood in a predominantly Black neighborhood to provide a safe space for discussing mental health concerns. After she passed in 2006, her legacy lived on—on June 2, 2008, Congress recognized her efforts by formally designating Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to raise awareness of the unique challenges faced by marginalized groups concerning mental illness in the US.

Often referred to as “The Father of Blood Banking,” Charles R. Drew was an early pioneer for blood transfusions during World War II and laid down much of the groundwork for blood donation procedures used today, such as donor screening, blood typing, refrigeration techniques, and more efficient ways of storing plasma over red blood cells, which saved thousands of lives during wartime operations abroad.

Read the full blog post from our EAP provider, Uprise Health below, and be sure to visit our Inclusion Traning Resources page to learn more about available DEI trainings :