Annually, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) thanks the many volunteers who provide support to Mayflower residents. Other residents, Grinnell community members, and Grinnell College students help in many ways: Driving, reading, companionship, worship services, audio-visual support. Of significant importance is the Grinnell College “Adopt-A-Grandparent” program, which pairs undergrad students with individual residents for a minimum…
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, three Grinnell College students made a “pitch” for the Grinnell College Wilson Center’s SPARK challenge for a grant to bring together Grinnell Schools Davis Elementary students with residents of The Mayflower Community for a reading enhancement program. The project was chosen for funding at an estimated cost of $5,000 by…
The Grinnell City Council voted Monday night, March 6, 2019, that curbside recycling pick up will be discontinued June 28th. The recycling center at the Public Works Department will be enhanced for citizens to drop off recycling. More information will be forthcoming on the recycling center. In addition, Mayflower will be providing information to our…
It’s not all fun and games in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). Sometimes there is serious learning and big-time betting. Hosted by residents, Suzanne Schwengels and Darwin Kinney, the annual Kentucky Derby party was held May 4th. In addition to mint juleps and our usual fabulous hors d’oeuvres, party-goes bedecked in their best bonnets and…
Grinnell College, Iowa Valley Community College (Grinnell IA), and The Mayflower Community (Grinnell) are collaborating to train Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) for life-experience work in healthcare at Mayflower. A certified nurse aide is a person who works primarily in long-term care (nursing facilities) assisting residents with activities of daily living under the supervision of a…
The Mayflower Community Health Center kitchen has been rebuilt. All new equipment has been installed. (See below.) Over 200 donors have made the $500,000 project possible. The new menus are being developed with the assistance of a class of Grinnell College students, who have created an electronic application for modification and printing. Now, the Health…
Marcy Heim, life coach and author, keynoted the second day of the LeadingAge Iowa Spring Conference, presenting “Invest in Joy. What If You Dialed Down the Drama and Dialed Up the Joy?” The owner of the consulting firm, The Artful Asker, L.L.C., is based in Madison, Wisconsin and specializes in staff development and strategic planning…
A leadership team from The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) is attending the LeadingAge Iowa Spring Conference on Wednesday and Thursday, May 1st and 2nd at the Prairie Meadows Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa. LeadingAge Iowa is a professional association of Iowa not-for-profit senior living and nursing care providers. Even though in 1993 Mayflower established the…
April 25th, 17 Mayflower residents were treated to a tour of the huge Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. company north of I-80 and west of Williamsburg. We traversed the 30-acre, 1,000,000 square-foot plant via tram, hosted by an insightful and knowledgeable tour guide. Founded by Jon Kinzenbaw as a welding shop in Ladora, Iowa in 1965, the…
On April 12th, the Grinnell High School senior choir performed a medley of songs for residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). They were directed by Roger Henderson, vocal music instructor, and accompanied by Juli Bey, pianist. See photo below. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director