On Monday, May 23rd, Mayflower Community residents enjoyed a presentation by former Activities Coordinator, Pauline McKenna, as she read articles and shared photos and patriotic items to commemorate Memorial Day. As residents reminisced about attending Memorial Day programs years ago, they enjoyed Pauline’s contributions. Included were a Precious Moments doll with a poppy, a GI…
On Thursday night, March 17th, residents of The Mayflower Community’s Beebe Assisted Living celebrated the completion of the most recent book club reading, The Lincoln Highway, with a special dinner. The second “Book Club Dinner” was held in Mayflower’s Anchor Room off the Buckley Dining Room. All Beebe residents were invited. Because the book, authored…
On Friday afternoon, February 18th, a number of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) residents living in our Health Center, got to zoom meet with people and their pets. A group called “Pets Together” https://petstogether.org/ provides virtual group video chats featuring volunteers across the country and their varied pets. In Friday’s Zoom meeting, a group of…
It may have been cold outside but assisted living residents were able to warm up during a tea party Friday afternoon on January 21st in Mayflower’s Beebe Assisted Living. The Foodservices staff made homemade finger sandwiches, pinwheel cookies, and Napoleon pastries and offered mixed nuts. They helped serve using the beautiful China teapots and teacups…
On Monday evening, November 29th, members of The Mayflower Community’s Beebe Assisted Living Book Club enjoyed a meal reflecting the theme of the latest book that they have been consuming. “Dinner with Edward” has been played on CD for residents. Community Life and Wellness Coordinator, Jessica Hasenyager, took the audio book engagement one step further…
So, what do you do on a Saturday afternoon in Mayflower’s Health Center when the University of Iowa is playing football on T.V.? Well, of course, you play Bingo! With many residents watching the game, that means more prizes for the players. And, if you have an inkling about the upset by Purdue in process,…
On Friday, September 10th, two Mayflower residents “zoomed” with Cecelia Bagnoli, who was in her dorm room at the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Grinnell native Cecelia spent the summer working as a Community Life and Wellness coordinator in The Mayflower Community. Having gotten to know Cecelia in that process, Kay Roberts and Alice Breemer…
Katie McGriff is Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness Coordinator. Having begun her work, mostly in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living last November, Katie met most of Mayflower’s independent living residents as she handled the intake for the coronavirus vaccination events in late February. Katie is completing her Activity Professionals Certification through the Iowa…