The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) residents and their guests celebrated Oktoberfest, Amana-style on October 24th. The white-tablecloth dinner was served family style in the Buckley Dining Room after a short social time that featured wines and German beer. The dinner menu included appetizers (serving bowls on the tables!) of homemade applesauce, coleslaw, and rye bread.…
Residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) have the luxury of being supported by young technical minds as they work with their electronic devices. Involved in a Mayflower program called “Tekkie Tutors,” Grinnell College students and Mayflower residents get paired up so that the former can assist the latter use cell phones and computers to…
As inclement weather approaches, here are two Grinnell walking exercise options to consider. The City of Grinnell is offering free use of the indoor track at the Grinnell Athletic and Recreation Center (GARC), 1500 Penrose Street, to Grinnell citizens who are 60 years of age and older. When you visit, they will collect contact information…
On Monday, October 21st, 87 Mayflower (Grinnell) residents and six staff members met to participate in the quarterly agenda of the Mayflower Residents Association (MRA). Resident associations are required by law in senior living communities. But, this one is REAL! The 287 Mayflower residents are represented by a leadership group and 13 standing committees that…
The Grinnell Historical Museum and The Mayflower Community will team up to provide a tribute entitled “We Care” to veterans, active duty personnel, and their families in celebration of Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2019. The lobby of Mayflower’s Pearson building, 616 Broad Street, Grinnell will host a variety of activities. The Historical Museum will…
Professor Ann Ellis, PhD brought 13 Grinnell College students to The Mayflower Community on Wednesday, October 16th to participate in small group discussions with Mayflower residents. As an assignment for Professor Ellis’ Adult Development class, the students gathered information about how cultural changes have impacted the lives of the 14 residents who attended. Specifically, residents…
On October 15th, the two governing boards of The Mayflower Community met jointly to discuss strategic planning issues for Grinnell’s 285-resident senior living and healthcare community. The Mayflower Homes, Inc. Board of Trustees is composed of 11 members who set policy and oversee operations. The Mayflower Homes Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors has 12 members…
Carina Wilson is the new AmeriCorps Service and Social Innovation Coordinator assigned to Grinnell College’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS). Carina will be spending time in The Mayflower Community and other community organizations, working on community building with a focus on intergenerational, community, and college engagement. A Denver, Colorado native, Carina in her…
Traveling aboard The Mayflower Community (Grinnell) “Lester the Bus” on October 10th, 15 residents and staff attended the “Mamma Mia!” performance at the Amana Colony’s Old Creamery Theatre. According to those attending, “The music was fun and the acting first-class.” Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), the show is a “jukebox musical,”…
As part of the Grinnell Area Arts Council “Music+Health” program community offerings, Katie In performed some oldies on the keyboard in The Mayflower Community on October 10th. Katie, a Chicago native, is a 2013 graduate of Grinnell College in sociology with an emphasis in art and music. After graduation, she moved away, only to return…