Steve Langerud, Director of Mayflower Community, spent Saturday morning, September 29th working on leadership and communication skills with the DSM Fellows, a program of the Greater Des Moines Partnership at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. The is the first year of the Des Moines Fellowship program, which is a professional development initiative program which attracts,…
On September 23, 2018, Harold Tindall celebrated his 104th birthday. A native of New Jersey, Harold moved into a Mayflower Community apartment in the Edwards building in March 2007. In August 2017, Harold subsequently moved into an apartment in the Beebe Assisted Living building, his current home. Born and raised on a dairy farm in…
Congratulations to Mayflower Community residents, Doug and Lorna Caulkins who have been named the 2018 recipients of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation Connie Marshall Spirit of Giving Award. The Foundation annually bestows this honor, which “celebrates an individual or couple with a lifetime of service to others through individual endeavors and through overall community involvement.”…
Steve Langerud, Mayflower’s Executive Director, will be making presentations to the 2018 Midwest Habitat Networking Convention to be held in Des Moines October 23-26. Sponsored by Habitat for Humanity, Wells Fargo, and The Mayflower Community, the event is expected to draw participants from throughout the region. Steve, who came to Mayflower after a career in…
On August 17, 2018, an energetic group of Grinnell College Residence Life Coordinators in training for the 2018-19 school year came to the Mayflower campus for volunteer work. Some served as “Techie Tutors,” assisting residents in navigating their electronic communication devices. Others, pictured above, helped stage a “carnival” of activities for residents of Mayflower’s Health…
Generous friends of Mayflower Community have provided gifts of nearly $130,000 to purchase two vehicles that literally keep Mayflower residents on the go. The gifts by anonymous donors allowed Mayflower to purchase “Lester,” a 15-passenger bus, and “Daisy,” a conversion van that accommodates two wheelchairs. The new bus transports active residents on day trips organized…
Mayflower Community’s Watertower Square project was recently recognized with the Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Economic Impact Award. The award is given annually to a business, organization, or individual that has made a significant contribution to the economic vitality of the Grinnell area, through job growth, expanding the tax base, building or renovating a…
March 9, 2016 For further information, contact Ed Poush, Mayflower Community, 641-236-6151 Pat Conn, R.N. and weekend supervisor at Mayflower Community Health Center, has been named one of 100 Great Iowa Nurses, a program of the Iowa Nurses Foundation. The Great Nurses program annually recognizes “100 outstanding nurses whose courage, competence, and commitment to patients…