Great Wolf Lodge

Love Your Lodge is our way of celebrating Pack Members who have made a career at Great Wolf Lodge. Today, we’re featuring Lillian Erickson, CMP Director of Sales & Catering at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio, and a Pack Member for more than 15 years. 1. What do you love about working at Great Wolf Lodge? I have had the privilege to work with many great organizations and leaders during my career, but I knew when I joined this pack that this is where I belong. True supportive leadership is hard to find, and Great Wolf Lodge has created a workplace environment that is unmatched—I am fortunate to be a part of it! 2. What’s a way that you get to help out other Pack Members working at Great Wolf? ?Through our peer-to-peer mentoring and training programs, I have collaborated with a wide range of pack members, to be a part of training that will set them up for success. Being given the opportunity to share my strategies, successes, challenges, and support with my peers and pack members is just another way that Great Wolf Lodge has inspired me to be GREAT. 3. What’s an example of something you’ve done at the lodge outside of normal work responsibilities that makes it rewarding? Having the opportunity to be an active part of our community with a connection to our lodge is amazing. From a variety of local 5K races to a “Pack the bus” school supply drive, we try to find unique, impactful ways to support not only our pack but our neighbors as well. I also love that employee satisfaction is a focus of this brand and that importance is placed on pack team-building & appreciation events.

Today, we’re excited to announce the details of our newest indoor water park in Mashantucket, the home of our 23rd lodge, next door to Foxwoods Resort Casino: 92,000 square feet of water-park adventure 13 waterslides, including the all-new Pequot Plunge family raft slide 3 pools, including our beloved Slap Tail Pond wave pool 2 massive interactive water play zones Our signature 1,000-gallon Tipping Bucket With 549 suites for families to stay in, this newest lodge will bring more than 500 full- and part-time jobs to the area. We look forward to seeing you soon in Mashantucket, CT.

Great Wolf Lodge South Florida, our 22nd lodge, is officially open! This is an all-new lodge, featuring immersive and interactive design and storytelling that takes the Great Wolf experience to the next level. With its 92,000-square-foot indoor water park, 500 family-friendly suites, and hundreds of full and part-time employees, we couldn’t be more excited to welcome the public into our newest location. ? A huge thanks to all of the amazing Pack Members who made our Florida lodge such a success. We’re thrilled to welcome guests to this newest addition to our ever-growing family of resorts. $200 million and countless helping hands went into launching the Naples, FL lodge; we hope you’ll visit us soon.

This Veteran’s Day, we want to thank all those who served this country in the armed forces throughout the years. The sacrifices made by each and every veteran—especially time away from family and loved ones—demonstrate a strength we will never take for granted. On behalf of every Pack Member, we honor your service and celebrate your courage.

Once again, Great Wolf Lodge’s Scholarship Golf Outing has been a tremendous success! Over the past two days, this annual event has raised close to half a million for the Great Wolf Scholarship Fund, which helps deserving Pack Members and their children achieve the dream of higher education. ? This fall, we were able to issue $250,000 in scholarship grants—and thanks to the success of this year’s fundraiser, next year we’ll be able to help even more future students. Join us in a howl of appreciation for our sponsor, Varsity Spirit, as well as every Pack Member at Great Wolf Lodge Arizona who helped bring this event to life.

November is Native American Heritage Month, when we honor the history of Indigenous Americans and American Indians—and their contributions to our country. Great Wolf Lodge is honored to be partners with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona, the Chehalis Tribe in Grand Mound, WA , and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Massachusetts. These are just three of the more than 550 Indian Nations proudly carrying on their cultural traditions. Join us in celebrating #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Happy Howl-O-Ween, everyone! We’ve had an amazing time celebrating throughout this past month. Congratulations to all the Pack Members who made our spooky season come alive and brought joy to all our guests, young and old. ???? #Halloween

Love Your Lodge is our way of celebrating Pack Members who have made a career at Great Wolf Lodge. Today, we’re featuring Kuan Yu and Chun Lai, the Executive Sous Chef and Starbucks Supervisor at our Grand Mound lodge—who are also married! 1.?????What do you love about working at Great Wolf Lodge? Chun: Music, excitement, and variety in people coming in and out of the lodge. Every day is different. The happiness of the lodge guests makes me smile—seeing them enjoy being at the lodge makes me happy to be there every day. Kuan: What I love about working at Great Wolf Lodge is cooking great food and bringing families together for relaxing and delicious family meals. When I stand in the kitchen, I have only one desire, and that is to work with all my heart and soul to make the customers happy. That is what I do and that is my passion. 2.?????What’s a way that you get to help out other Pack Members working at Great Wolf? Chun: I may work solely at Starbucks as a supervisor, but I am qualified in helping out in other areas as needed. Plus, I know how to work with other people in defusing their nervousness on their first day of work. Kuan: I get to help other team members by communicating expectations and goals, which sometimes includes telling my team members that they did a great job and earned a monthly gift card reward. I also encourage them to use their personal judgment and offer help when the need arises. Everyone knows that if they’re in desperate need of something from the kitchen, I am their go-to guy! 3.?????What’s a personal or unique aspect of your lodge that makes it fun to work at? Chun: Every year, there is a Christmas party. I get to invite family friends to this event. Gathering with other people with different culture or different personalities—that are like family—makes it fun to work at. Kuan: One of the unique things is the fun people here! I really enjoy being able to work with these amazing people. Something I find fun is experimenting with recipes: We recently started making caramelized coffee drinks and expect more exciting new recipes to come.

We’ve teamed up with Good Morning America to support Kids’ Meals—a Houston-area charity that delivers meals to children living food insecure in impoverished neighborhoods. We made a $50,000 donation and surprised 19 families with a free stay at our brand-new lodge in Webster, Texas! https://lnkd.in/guCn2Qb3

Today is National Bosses Day, and Great Wolf Lodge is celebrating by acknowledging not just our amazing current leaders, but future bosses-to-be in our leadership development programs. We currently offer multiple programs designed to strengthen our pack and develop future leaders across the company.? ? Learn more about our development programs at https://lnkd.in/gf6ZB6vY. Apply today at https://lnkd.in/gty-sAUP to join our pack and grow as leaders. #leadership #development #management #hospitality #leadershipdevelopment #experience