The gorgeous icon of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA)—the Buckley Courtyard—is ready for the April rains. Sitting in the middle of Mayflower’s 30-acre campus on the west side of the Buckley building and patio, the mixed foliage, two-pond garden is approaching its 20th year. Each year, it matures a bit more extravagantly. Pre-season pruning, cleaning,…
On Monday, April 5th, The Mayflower Community residents living in the Health Center and in Beebe Assisted Living apartments enjoyed a Spring Tea event. Foodservice Director, Scott Gruhn, and Supervisor Jacob Staroska served up a delicious menu of sugar cookies, curried chicken salad tea sandwiches, and sesame tuiles (ultra-thin wafer biscuits) accompanied by Earl Grey…
On Monday, April 5th, a large number of Mayflower Community residents tuned into a Zoom presentation hosted by the Mayflower Residents Association. The topic for this meeting was “Mayflower Infrastructure Upgrade Plans.’’ Presented by Executive Director, Steve Langerud, and Director of Facility Operations, Jack Morrison, the meeting was one in a series of four about…
Over the weekend of April 3rd – 5th, Easter was celebrated in The Mayflower Community. On Friday, Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents decorated and dyed Easter eggs. Katie McGriff, Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness coordinator made a surprise visit as the Easter Bunny. The Bunny distributed sweet treats to each resident. On Easter…
Helen and Dale Lippincott celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, March 24th in The Mayflower Community Health Center. The couple met in high school when she was a freshman and he was a sophomore. Helen knew she liked Dale. Subsequently, he left school to serve for two years in the Navy. When he returned,…
On March 25th, International Waffle Day was celebrated in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) Beebe Assisted Living and Health Center. With the assistance of Mayflower’s Foodservices kitchen, led by Supervisor Jacob Staroska, residents enjoyed mini-Belgium waffles. Available were a variety of toppings—fresh whipped cream, raspberries, blueberries, chocolate chips, pecans, butter, and traditional and sugar-free syrup.…
Jean Libbey, Grinnell Mayflower Community resident, was surprised with a birthday celebration gathering on Saturday, March 20th in Grinnell’s Central Park. Organized by Jean’s daughters and son-in-law, the event marked Jean’s 90th birthday. Unaware of the impending party, Jean rode with her daughter Joan Langer on Mayflower’s three-wheel, side-by-side cycle into the group gathered at…
The Mayflower Community just completed a “Spring Break” for Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. The good news: No arrests for disorderly conduct. This all means we are rounding the corner of this insipid pandemic thing. It helps that all but two of all those Mayflower residents are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 infection.…
The Mayflower Community has resumed activities for Health Center residents in the second floor Carman Center. This provides the needed open space for social distancing, as Mayflower continues pandemic precautions. Last week resident Dennis Anderson was the “guest caller” for the strenuous “black-out” round. Dennis has a very strong voice. One of the residents playing…
In The Mayflower Community on March 10th, Jacob Staroska, Foodservice Supervisor, led cupcake decorating demonstrations in Beebe Assisted Living and the Health Center. Jake baked a variety of flavored cupcakes (chocolate, vanilla, and lemon) for residents to decorate using individual piping bags filled with several different colored frostings and a variety of sprinkles. They were…