On Thursday, August 15th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) held its annual carnival for residents in the Health Center and in Beebe Assisted Living. The Activity staff of Chery Nelson, Director; and Tracy Woolfork, Assistant Director; and volunteers Carolyn Orndorff and Donna Weisskopf, set up the Carman Center with 19 different games played by residents…
On Wednesday, August 14th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) put on an Iowa State Fair themed picnic lunch hosted by residents, Stan and Janaan Swann, on behalf of the Mayflower Residents Association. The fare, something like you would feast on trodding down Grand Avenue in Des Moines, was served in the air-conditioned comfort of the…
The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) has purchased a side-by-side tandem Van Raam “Fun2Go” three-wheeled cycle, which was delivered Wednesday, August 14th. It can be peddled by one or both of the riders and can be used to…
Residents of The Mayflower Community’s Beebe Assisted Living homes have honored Iowa’s State Fair by decorating festive hats. The results are on display in the Beebe/Health Center skywalk (the longest skywalk in Poweshiek County!). — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director
On Friday, August 16th, the Mini-Gift Shop located in The Mayflower Community will be conducting a Half-Price sale for one day only, from 9:30am to 3:00pm. The shop is a function of the Mayflower Residents Association and is located in the lower level of the Pearson building, 616 Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa. In business for…
Recycling is working in The Mayflower Community. When the City of Grinnell ceased pick-up of single-stream recycling July 1st, Mayflower put into effect a campus recycle alternative. For our Watertower Square residents, nothing changed. We are still collecting single stream recycle as well as cardboard in the building. The building was designed with trash and…
Steve Langerud, Executive Director of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA), announces that two free-standing Harwich Terrace patio homes will be built. Beginning in late 2015, Mayflower began filling the 26 contemporary apartments in the new Watertower Square building on Broad Street between 1st and 2nd avenues. Langerud shared that “During this period, Mayflower suspended the…
This summer, The Mayflower Community Health Center is experiencing the enthusiasm of young, dedicated certified and licensed staff. Besides earning college tuition, they are gaining “experiential learning” experience. Typically, graduate medical schools require 2,000 hours of health-related work experience as part of post-grad studies in medicine. In addition to the members of the Grinnell College…
On Thursday, July 31st the Farnum Family band treated over 70 Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) residents and guests to an hour of bluegrass, gospel, folk, Irish, and Western music. On their way to the county fair in Albert Lee, Minnesota, the parents and four kids stopped to entertain because a family member lives in Mayflower’s…