The Mayflower resident travel club, the Adventurers, organized by Kathy Szary, traveled by Lester the Bus to sites in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 22nd. Driven by Sig Barber, “Lester” is a 13-seat, comfortable shuttle bus. The group visited the Des Moines Botanical Center and the Hall of Laureates World Food Prize. Both sites hosted…
Getting a jump on the Pella Tulip Festival the coming weekend, a group of Mayflower Community residents took a ride to Pella on Mayflower’s “Lester the Bus.” Their intention: 1) Seeing all the tulips they could and 2) buying some Dutch letters! To top off their pleasure, Wednesday’s weather was “Iowa beautiful.” — Tracy Woolfolk,…
The Mayflower Community’s 13-passenger shuttle van, “Lester the Bus,” has resumed Wednesday afternoon store runs. For many years, prior to the pandemic, the van driven by volunteer drivers, picked up residents on the Mayflower campus and shuttled them to four stores in Grinnell: McNally’s, Fareway, Hy-Vee, and Walmart. Those rides have now resumed. Shoppers are…
On Thursday, June 3rd, a group of Mayflower independent living residents boarded Lester the Bus (our modern shuttle) and headed for the Des Moines area to enjoy supper together. The idea was hatched at a Memorial Day cookout when they decided to take a road trip. Eleven Mayflower residents enjoyed dinner at Johnny’s Steakhouse in…
Four volunteers have been driving the Mayflower Lester the Bus (14-passenger shuttle van) between the Mayflower campus and other destinations. The drivers are Sig Barber, Greg Buntz, Lyle Roudabush, and Kevin Stutz. The primary “group” destinations include the Community Education Council Wednesday morning “Bucket Courses,” the Wednesday afternoon “store runs” (McNallys, Fareway, Walmart, and Hy-Vee),…
Traveling aboard The Mayflower Community (Grinnell) “Lester the Bus” on October 10th, 15 residents and staff attended the “Mamma Mia!” performance at the Amana Colony’s Old Creamery Theatre. According to those attending, “The music was fun and the acting first-class.” Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), the show is a “jukebox musical,”…