Last weekend it was chickens, rabbits, dogs, woodworking, artwork, keyboard music, origami, photography, and sewing presented by 4H’ers at The Mayflower Community. The Grinnell Mighty Golden Clover 4H club came to Beebe Assisted Living and the Health Center to share the projects they had entered in the Poweshiek County Fair. Many came home with blue…
The week of August 1st was filled with a variety of enjoyable activities for residents of The Mayflower Community’s Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living. Birthday celebration. Music in the Park (Turlach Ur Pipe Band!). The Parachute game. Zooming with Pets. Oh, the fun just does not stop, compliments of Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness…
A “Frog Leg and Chicken Liver Fry!” On Tuesday, August 2nd, Grinnell’s Mayflower Foodservices staff served a special dinner of frog legs, fried chicken livers, Cajun-style gumbo, and cheese grits. Diners gathered in the J&B Bistro for this one-of-a-kind delicacy. Of course, not all Mayflower residents think of this menu as a delicacy! — Bob Mann,…
At the Grinnell High School All-School Reunion on July 2nd, Neal Burkett, a gardens and grounds specialist at The Mayflower Community, performed on harmonica with Mojo Machine blues band. Pictured is Neal (GHS 1979), harmonica, and microphone. The GHS alumni group played in Central Park to a crowd of over 1,000. — Bob Mann, Sales…
On Wednesday, July 20th, Deena Wellborn, a Beebe Assisted Living resident in The Mayflower Community, celebrated her 90th birthday. Mayflower’s Foodservices staff provided the most delicious red velvet and vanilla cupcakes and strawberry punch in Beebe. In the Health Center, the cupcakes were champagne and the punch was orange and pineapple with floating slices. You…
On Tuesday, July 19th, Grinnell’s The Mayflower Community celebrated our fine dining with a Greek Dinner. 60 residents and guests enjoyed a four-course menu plus social time. The food array included: Social – Spiced Wine Hippocrates Calamari – Fried calamari with dipping sauce and lemon Spanakopita – Spinach, feta, onions, and scallions in flaky phyllo…
On Friday, July 15th, two volunteers from the Grinnell Area Council assisted The Mayflower Community Health Center residents in making buttons. Pictured are Mayflower residents with Zainab Thompson and Leia Sohn, Grinnell College students and volunteers at the Stew Maker Space. — Tracy Woolfolk, Community Life and Wellness Coordinator
With Grinnell’s Central Park just a block down the street, residents of The Mayflower Community attend the summer concert series on Thursday evenings during the months of June and July. Begun in 2022, Music in the Park was a collaboration of the Grinnell Area Arts Council and the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce. Now, the Arts…
On Tuesday, July 12th, residents in the Health Center at The Mayflower Community, specifically birthday-girl, Norma Veldboom, were serenaded by the dog who sings “Happy Birthday.” He lives with his owner in Pennsylvania. Whenever he hears the song, he sings, too. When he was only a few months old, he joined in at a family…
On July 9th, Mayflower resident, Debbie VanArkel, won the small quilt challenge category award for her work at the Jewel Box Quilters Guild show. Held in the Grinnell College Museum of Art, 84 quilts made by 31 Guild members were on display. Debbie’s entry in the Garden of Life category, was entitled, “Spring Flight—Dove in…