Your COVID-19 Story

Become a part of our collection

The project

Over the last year, Kawartha Lakes residents and businesses alike have had to make sacrifices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be anything from switching to curb side pick-up, working from home, struggling with online school, or having to deal with Lindsay or Fenelon Falls downtown construction.

We have decided at this time in our history must be preserve our communities stories and experiences as quickly as possible. It is our mission to preserve our history starting yesterday to safeguard our past and make it available for future research.

What to include:

This part is really up to you! It can be as long or as short as you wish. Some things you might want to reflect on:

  • Your initial reaction to the pandemic in 2020

  • How has your life changed during 2020 and into 2021

  • If you are a student: how did you find online learning? Any challenges or benefits?

  • For business owners: express a bit of history of your business and how COVID-19 has challenged you and ways that you have adapted moving through 2020 and into 2021. Stresses on yourself or employees?

  • You could include a photograph of yourself to go with your letter

  • You could write a poem, or handwrite or type a letter

  • What are your thoughts on the virus or your thoughts on the government’s response?

  • Did you have to work through COVID-19? What has that been like?

Where to send

 

Please address your letter to:

Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives
50 Victoria Ave. North
Lindsay, ON.
K9V 4G3

For personal privacy, please only sign your name and town/village you reside in. All letters mailed to KLMA will be received as a donation and treated as such. Ownership will belong to KLMA.