Jerry Beauchamp has performed with the Jerry Beauchamp Band since 1980. Jerry and Mert Evans are both from Eldora. They started performing together at retirement communities and other locations in September 2012, almost 10 years ago. Jerry played accordion and Mert sang. About five years ago, she began playing the accordion, along with Jerry. The…
In what The Mayflower Community calls a “Meet & Greet,” a Grinnell College student recently spent time with Health Center residents leading their participation in artistic drawing. Aubrie Torhorst, a Wisconsin native and Art major and golfer for the College, led the event. Given the many meal options in the Rosenfield ’25 Center Marketplace Dining…
On Monday, March 21st, the Community Life and Wellness staff in The Mayflower Community hosted a tea party for Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. Residents kept their distance, a procedure we continue to observe for infection protection. In the Carman Center, apple and apricot pastries were accompanied by Earl Grey tea. Earl was…
On August 23rd, Grinnell College student, Carolina Klauck Novaes, shared information about her home country Brazil with The Mayflower Community residents in Beebe Assisted Living and Health Center. The accompanying photos are courtesy of Community Life and Wellness Coordinator, Tracy Woolfolk, who organized the program. Carolina’s home is Porto Alegre, shown in the map in…
On Monday, August 23rd, The Mayflower Community hosted three dogs in training to become service dogs. Defined by Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including…