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COVID-19 lnformation lf yq1; Lr,i a pianngd evenl in 2020 or 2021 !./hether Ihey lveae abie io take piace c. noi. please descrrD-- iiny <br />succ-asses lln.j challenges yoLJ experienced. <br />Covid Closures: ln 2020. WSSSM was open until March I5 and had steady visitors <br />(37 per day). Covid hits and WSSSM was closed over 6 months ( 196 days) from <br />March 1S-September 26. We opened again weekends only for 15 days (Sept. 26- <br />Nov. 15) and it was siow. Covid restrictions were in place (ordered WSSSM stylus <br />pens as giveaways for monitors). signage and PPE. Covid results in another closure <br />during ski season. Nov. 15.2020-Feb. 2A,2021 (over 3 monthslgS days). Since Feb. <br />20. WSSSM has operated Saturdayslsundays, instead of Thursdays-Sundays. The <br />Covid silver lining? The summer of 2021 was our busiest yet at the museum - even <br />beating pre-pandemrc levels! <br />Covid Disappointments: ln the Fall of 2020, WSSSM was to have celebrated our Sth <br />Anniversary wiih a live speaker and party. The Warren Miller Movie Series was <br />moved online. Fundraising was more difficult, but our suppofiers were quite <br />generous. Due to Covid, WSSSM laid off our one paid employee who recruited <br />volunteers. <br />Covid lnnovations and Wins. Overail, Covid forced the museum to be more creative <br />and to reach out to different partners. These new parlnerships and events wiil <br />expand WSSSM's audience and sustain us for years to come. <br />. Canlis Restaurant created special dining yurts decorated in Vintage NW Ski <br />Themes. They reached out to WSSSM and we became a partner and received <br />publiciiy from of one of Seattle's most iconic restaurants. <br />. WSSSM's new Speaker Series via Zoom/Facebook Live took advantage of Covicl <br />with Deb Armstrong in Colorado. John Lundin in Sun Valley. etc. and brought <br />WSSSM programming into much larger audience. The Speaker Series will continire <br />tn zull. <br />. WSSSM historians John Lundin and Kirby Gilbert created "sublime Sights" exhibit <br />on Ski Jumping at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle. This partnership allowed <br />WSSSM to expand it's reach outside Snoqualmie Pass. lt was a great experience for <br />WSSSM to padner, work. and learn from one of Seattle's most sophisticated <br />museum marketing teams. <br />. WSSSM, Dru Bru and others created the Snoqualmie Pass Scavenger Hunt in the <br />summer of 2021 because it could be done in a "Covid-Safe" environment and was <br />great for families. The Scavenger Hunt will continue in 2022. <br />. With regard to volunteers, we have hired a new Operations and Volunteer Manager <br />who is creatively working hard to rebuild our volunteer crew_ The WSSSM volunteer <br />program needed a reboot and Covid was the kick in the pants to rethink how we do <br />things. <br />25t10 .lratacl-^r lin|i