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Collecting COVID-19 Stories from Weston, CT: We are living in historic times and the Weston Historical Society is preserving items and stories on COVID-19’s impact on Weston We are collecting stories, photos, web articles, and other items from our community to inform future generations on how our town survived the pandemic. The project is in keeping with the society’s mission which is to collect and preserve Weston’s history. You can help us document this historical time in our community by contributing your unique stories and photos to the Weston Historical Society. The stories and photos submitted will be preserved in the Society’s archives. Submission Guidelines: Please fill out this form and agree to the terms and conditions. You do not have to answer every question, just those that apply to you. Because your experiences may change over time, please feel free to fill this form out more than once. If you would rather craft your own written response, then please only answer the required fields and then attach your response to the Written Work field at the end of the form. There is also an attachment field towards the end of the form for photos. Thank you for helping to preserve Weston’s history. If you have questions, please contact the Weston Historical Society at archive@westonhistoricalsociety.org

Agree to Terms

Stories and/or photos submitted here may be used by the Weston Historical Society for institutional archive, future community research and reference, or potential public programs as the Weston Historical Society may determine. This may include, but is not limited to, the use of this material, in full or in part, for exhibits, websites and other uses consistent with the Weston Historical Society's mission. (Not for commercial use)

I would be interested in being interviewed by the Weston Historical Society regarding my story and/or images submitted here.

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First Name

Last Name

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Phone number

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Date

Zip code

Age Range (select one)

0 - 18
19 - 25
26 - 39
40 - 55
56 - 79
80 - 100
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If I am under 18, I have permission from my parent/guardian to submit information

What were your first thoughts and feelings when you heard about the pandemic? How have those initial thoughts and feelings changed?

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If you were working before the pandemic, how has your work life changed? (include examples of working from home, working in public, technology you are using, challanges, surprises, etc)

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If you are a business owner, how has the pandemic affected your business?

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If you are a student, explain what your experience has been like with remote learning. (include technology, challanges, fears, surprises, etc)

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How has the pandemic affected your day to day life?

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How are you keeping in touch with family and friends outside your home? What methods of technology are you using to stay connected?

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How are you or others making a positive impact in our community during this pandemic? (examples: volunteerism, spreading kindness and cheer, showing appreciation for medical professionals, etc)

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What activities are you doing to stay busy? Have you started or picked back up any hobbies?

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Will the pandemic have a lasting impact on our community? How?

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What would you want future generations to know about this time in history?

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Please share other thoughts, feelings, and stories about how you or your family are coping with the pandemic.

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Images - Share your photos with us. Please include location and date of photo in the file name.

Images should relate to your experiences during this time, for example, What are you seeing around our community? What does your remote work or school space look like? What does family time together look like right now? Hobbies or activities you are doing? etc....

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Additional Info About Your Images

Provide some context around your image(s) (example: names of people in photo, location of photo, date taken, story behind photo, etc)

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Written Work - Would you like to expand on an answer in more detail? Have you written a poem in response to the pandemic? Have you been keeping a journal and would like to share it with us? Please attach those items here.

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