The special Mayflower beans, descendants from the Mayflower ship beans, which were planted earlier in the Spring, are doing quite well just south of The Mayflower Community’s Watertower Square building. As you can see from these photos, the beans perched prominently in the middle of the Mayflower residents’ garden are beginning to climb their trellises.…
Curt Vos, Mayflower Community’s finish carpenter, retired Wednesday, June 30th, marking just short of 35 years of service to The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). Helping him celebrate at a reception in the Buckley Dining Room, were Curt’s two daughters, Cassie and Jenna and their three kids, who are pictured. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing…
Kathy Szary and her husband Tom moved into a Harwich Terrace patio home at The Mayflower Community in August 2016. During the summer of 2016, Kathy, then recently retired from her position as Medical Staff Services Coordinator/Executive Assistant at UnityPoint Health–Grinnell, completed training to became a volunteer counselor for the Iowa Department of Insurance’s Senior…
Mercedes Varela, a May 2021 Grinnell College graduate, has been volunteering at Mayflower in the Health Center as a conversation companion to resident Sallie Verrette. The two women have been speaking French and Spanish with each other since Mercedes started “visiting” weekly via Zoom in February 2021. Once visitations were allowed by state and federal…
In a June 24th letter to residents and staff of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA), Executive Director, Steve Langerud, announced changes to the face masking and visitor policies. Citing guidance from regulators along with the improving status of the pandemic, Langerud noted that Mayflower is relaxing a few precautions that have been in place. Because…
On Tuesday, June 22nd, Mayflower residents and a few guests enjoyed a BBQ picnic lunch served on the Buckley Courtyard patio. The 88 diners ate outside at tables or inside in the Buckley Dining Room. The entrée was a choice of grilled pork chop or barbequed chicken. Side dishes included potato salad, coleslaw, and watermelon.…
On Tuesday, June 15th, country music singer and guitarist, Dennis Perry played two gigs in The Mayflower Community—one in the Beebe Circle and one in the Health Center Courtyard. A Marshalltown area native, Dennis learned to play guitar while in the Army. When he came home, he talked his younger brother into playing drums with…
On Thursday morning, June 17th, the Mayflower Community Men’s Coffee Group cooled off with homemade ice cream. Active before the start of the pandemic, the group began meeting again a few months ago as they maintained social distance. They are now back in their regular meeting area—the Buckley building third-floor lounge—and reconnecting over coffee and…
The Mayflower Community is encouraging residents, employees, and friends to participate in the Iowa Department of Public Health(IDPH) survey, “Iowa Health Assessment,” that is being conducted locally by UnityPoint Health—Grinnell. Since prior to the pandemic, Mayflower has been involved in the “Healthy Grinnell Initiative” grant, a program to promote health and well-being in the local…
On Tuesday, June 8th, Fluitist Valerie Wedgeworth performed in The Mayflower Community’s Beebe Circle and in the Health Center Courtyard to a warm and appreciative crowd of residents. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director