The Mayflower Community’s retiring chaplain, Len Eberhart, conducted his last chapel service on Tuesday, June 25th. Len has provided staff and spiritual support to the Mayflower Residents Association Chapel Committee since 2012. He retired June 29th. Long a tradition at Mayflower, Chapel is a Tuesday morning ecumenical service coordinated by residents. Worship leaders, solicited from…
Incorporate the 4th in your shopping as you visit the Mini-Gift Shop in The Mayflower Community (lower level of the Pearson building, 616 Broad Street, Grinnell IA). The hours are 9:30-11:30am, Monday through Saturday, except 2:00-400pm Thursdays and closed Sundays.
On Wednesday, June 26th, a retirement celebration was held for Mayflower Community employees, Pat Conn, R.N.; Christine Tinker; and Len Eberhart. The Buckley Dining Room was gussied up for the three to greet well-wishers. And, there were a bunch there—over 100 people showed up to express appreciation for all that the three have done for…
On Tuesday, June 25th, The Mayflower Community Executive Director, Steve Langerud, presented the weekly program for the Grinnell Kiwanis Club. The service organization meets weekly on Tuesdays in the Mayflower J&B Bistro at 12:00noon for lunch and a community interest program. Steve was introduced by long-time Kiwanian, Art Heimann, who is a 30-year resident of…
Mayflower will be celebrating the 4th of July on Thursday, July 4th (coincidentally!) by enjoying the parade. Starting at 5:00pm near the Mayflower campus, just to the southeast at Hamilton and High streets, the parade travels west three blocks to Broad Street and then turns north to the southwest corner of The Mayflower Community campus…
On Wednesday, June 26th from 2:00-4:00pm, The Mayflower Community will celebrate 41 years of service in the July 1st retirement of three staff members. Pat Conn, R.N. has served three “tours of duty” at Mayflower, the most recently as the weekend supervisor in our Health Center. Pat began working as a nurse in the Health…
In the third session of The Mayflower Community’s Wellness Month information sessions on Thursday, June 20th, two local specialists shared information about the medicinal value of food. Dr. Jennifer Paisley, M.D. and organic-farmer Andrew Dunham described the impact of different food groups on the body and mind. Dr. Paisley has been prescribing food alternatives to…
The fourth information session in the series of four presentations regarding “healthy minds/healthy bodies” at The Mayflower Community will feature Jackie Hutchison, local licensed physical therapist. She has specialty training and experience as a licensed craniosacral therapist. Entitled “Letting Go of Everything That No Longer Serves You: Mindfulness Yoga,” the session will discuss how yoga…
On Wednesday, June 19th, hundreds and hundreds of residents were treated to ice cream and strawberries in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) Buckley Dining Room. Well, maybe it wasn’t “hundreds,” but it was pushing a hundred! Ironically, the event only had 48-hours’ notice, due to scheduling issues. This must be the start of the “pop-up…
The plush Kiesel Theatre in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) seats 55 comfortably in reclining theatre seats harvested from the local Strand Theatre during its remodeling. The seats have cup holders and have been refurbished (meaning that none of the gum you put under your seat when you were dating years ago is still there!).…