Mayflower residents at the shrimp boil

Mayflower Annual Shrimp Boil

On Tuesday, August 15th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell) celebrated fun dining with their annual Shrimp Boil for residents and guests. Unlike prior shrimp boils held at dinner time, this year the event was held at 12:00noon. You ask, how is that possible, given Iowa’s heat and humidity? Easy! Mayflower rolled out the new awnings over…

Shrimp Boil dinner in Buckley Dinning Room

It’s Back: Mayflower’s Annual Shrimp Boil!

After a pandemic-imposed one-year hiatus, The Mayflower Community’s Annual Shrimp Boil returned on Thursday, May 13th…with a splash! Unable to gather one year ago, residents and guests could carry out the shrimp boil dinner. This year, they were once again seated in the Buckley Courtyard with overflow seating in the Buckley Dining Room. A total…

The stars of the show—the shrimp

Talk About Fun…and Delicious!

On Thursday, July 2nd, Grinnell’s Mayflower Community provided a home-delivered shrimp dinner. Taking the place of the annual gathering of dozens of residents on the Buckley Courtyard patio to enjoy freshly boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes, complimented with sausage, and homemade coleslaw and bread. The meal was topped off with a desert…