Don and Jeananne Schild host sons and granddaughter.

Christmas Dinner at Mayflower

Bright and sunny outside…but, oh, so cold! Meanwhile, residents of The Mayflower Community and their guests enjoyed a 12:00 noon dinner of roast beef or ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, scalloped corn, cranberry pear salad, apple salad, dinner roll, and choice of dessert. Safe inside the Buckley Dining Room and excellent food…This…

Christmas dinner celebration

Mayflower Christmas Luncheon

On Christmas Day, December 25, 2021, Grinnell’s Mayflower Community hosted a traditional dinner at noon. The menu included roast beef or ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, scalloped corn, cranberry pear salad, fruit compote, dinner rolls, and cheesecake for dessert. Residents enjoyed the food…almost as much as the Christmas cheer! Pictured above: The…

Alicemary Bothwick and Nancy Hendrickson

The Good; The Bad; But No Ugly

How did we celebrate Christmas Day in Grinnell’s The Mayflower Community? We had the “good” and the “bad.” (There were some ugly sweaters!) The “bad?” Our community of residents, who have been taking extreme precautions against the coronavirus for the past 10 months, continued their work on Christmas day. They wore face masks. They practiced…

New residents-to-be, Tom and Emily Moore, enjoy the Prelude to Christmas dinner flanked by Greg Buntz and Gerry and Sara Adams.

Mayflower Has Prelude to Christmas

On Thursday, December 5th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) presented the annual “Prelude to Christmas” dinner. The event featured the delicious food for which Mayflower is known plus resident and guest congeniality. In addition, the event was buoyed by the striking holiday décor in the Buckley Dining Room and outside, through the tall patio windows…

Mayflower Food Service staff

Did You Know?

Here is an excerpt from the Grinnell United Methodist Church newsletter published on Friday, January 25th: “The Christmas Dinner served on December 25th was a great success! The fellowship hall bulged with about 140 guests enjoying appetizers and a traditional Christmas meal while being serenaded by young people around the piano. Moreover, about 80 meals…

Anne Sunday, David Harrison, Astrid Henry, Harley Henry, Bob Myren, and Linda Myren.

Christmas Dinner at Mayflower

Pictured above is Anne Sunday with back to camera and to her right, David Harrison, Astrid Henry, Harley Henry, Bob Myren, and Linda Myren. On Christmas Day, 2018, a large contingent of residents and their guests enjoyed a tasty meal along with “Merry Christmas” greetings and warm conversation. The dinner was baked ham or tender…