On Tuesday, March 1st, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) celebrated Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living. Residents donned Mardi Gras masks, beads, and hats while enjoying photos, history, and a trivia quiz. The Mayflower Community Life and Wellness staff served freshly-baked king cakes, compliments of Mayflower Foodservices. One piece…
With the local COVID-19 positivity rate declining, Grinnell’s Mayflower Community has announced that a number of activities previously enjoyed by residents are being reinstated. Continued safe health measures are being requested to include, as appropriate, masking, safe-distancing, handwashing, and staying home with symptoms. Resuming are: Saturday afternoon full-length movies in the Kiesel Theatre Tuesday morning…
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…
Grinnell’s Mayflower Community thanks a number of thoughtful people who presented our Health Center residents handmade Valentines on February 14th. Special thanks go to members of the Poweshiek County Mighty Golden Clovers 4-H Club; students from Sue Sciorrotta’s classes at the Liberty Middle School in Gainesville, Georgia; and to Grinnell’s Davis School 5th-graders, Elisa and…
If you would like to develop your skills in carpentry, repair, framing, drywalling, and following building plans, come to The Mayflower Community. We train. In addition, at Mayflower, we provide one free meal a day (our food is great), paid time off, disability insurance, health insurance, a retirement plan, and thoughtful co-workers. And, most days…
In a take-off of Marie-Antoinette’s famous quote during the French Revolution, Mayflower suggested on Wednesday, February 9th, “Let them eat pie!” Baked in the Mayflower kitchen, it was a treat. Residents were invited to a “Pie Pick-Up” event to choose pie slices on tables filled with a variety of pies. The choices included French silk,…
He did it again! Mayflower Community resident, John Noer, has completed another puzzle. This is a 4,000-piece jigsaw accomplishment entitled “Animals of the World.” Made in Taiwan by Yo Gong Fang, the puzzle features fun cartoon characters superimposed on an accurate map of the world. John is working with Jim Beckman, owner of Grinnell’s Beckman…
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…
We are expanding our Healthcare team! Mayflower is a 5 Star facility where wellness and integrated health matter. Our moto is “When in doubt, do the right thing for residents.” If you are a CNA, CMA, LPN, RN, or BSN, consider applying today. Connecting with residents is the most important thing you do at Mayflower.…
At The Mayflower Community in Grinnell, our DVD collection makes it feel like the Drake Community Library—Downtown South! We have an extensive lending library of DVDs found in the Buckley second floor lounge. The diverse collection was seeded with an initial donation from late resident, Vicki Sopher. Since then, others have donated DVDs to the…