See accompanying photo. Can you name this flowering plant? It is growing on the edge of Gene and Kathy Herman’s garden-like patio at the southeast corner of The Mayflower Community Watertower Square building. Some of Kathy’s neighbors have been asking her about it. A couple of them mused that it looks like ears of corn.…
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On Thursday, August 6th, Grinnell’s own Turlach Ur pipe band played in The Mayflower Community, while residents enjoyed a traditional Scottish dinner delivered to their homes and gathering places. The menu for the dinner included Steak pie (Scottish version of Shepard’s pie), Stovies (bits from the stove, potatoes, carrots, and corned beef), Neeps & Tatties…
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On Monday, August 3rd, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) reopened the independent living Buckley Dining Room. In response to the pandemic, the space has been closed to sit-down meals since last March. During the intervening period, the Mayflower kitchen has been serving and delivering meals directly to residents’ homes. At this time, service is available…
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Last April, a group of Mayflower Community residents calling themselves FANS (Friends and Neighbors of Mayflower), planted over 400 seed cups and distributed them to independent living residents in apartment buildings, to the doors of Harwich Terrace patio home residents, to Health Center and Beebe…
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If you have enjoyed food catered from the Mayflower kitchen under the direction of Scott Gruhn, these two photos will bring back memories. It is just like the “old days”…except there is plenty of space between table settings! Scott, Mayflower’s Director of Food Services, and his staff catered a picnic for resident Mary Schuchmann and…
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The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) hosted a virtual meeting of the Mayflower Residents Association (MRA) on Monday, July 20th. With 67 devices logged into the Zoom® meeting, there were almost 100 in attendance as some residents hosted others. The MRA is an active, self-governing body composed of all residents of Mayflower. It is made up…
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On July 16th, The Mayflower Community honored four recently-retired employees who had served Mayflower residents for 86 years. Because the pandemic made it unsafe to host a retirement celebration, Mayflower instead sponsored a “card shower.” The four retirees received a bow-tied stack of notes and cards, a photo collage of their Mayflower work, a fresh…
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The Mayflower Community is celebrating the completion of Associate Degree Nursing work for four staff LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses). While working at Mayflower as nurses, Trisha Beyer, Taylor Kirby (pictured above), Cheyenne Klos, and Kelsey Pothoven attended classes and performed clinical rotations and a preceptorship through the Marshalltown Community College. The next challenge for…
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Grinnell native, Bruce Kriegel, was honored Tuesday for his 15 years of service to The Mayflower Community. Bruce has been working weekday mornings in the Mayflower dining room since he was 16 years old. Many locals know Bruce for about the same number of years as he has served as manager of the Grinnell High…
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The Courtyard in The Mayflower Community on the west patio of the Buckley building is beautiful. Annually (who knows this year), the Grinnell Area Garden Club tours the outside arboretum to marvel at its variety of vegetation and pristine grooming. The Courtyard has been the site for numerous senior pictures—Grinnell High School as well as…
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