On Friday, July 31st, The Mayflower Community again hosted a Wine and Cheese party…just like in the old days (before the pandemic!). A regular, last-Friday-of-the-month event, this opportunity to sample wines and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres brought together residents and their guests. The Community Life department at Mayflower, headed by Leslie Jaworski, organized this special…
Victoria Suich is a licensed music therapist working for Music Speaks Therapy, based in Cedar Rapids. A native of Tennessee, Victoria lives in Des Moines. She works and hour a week with Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. Victoria has been able to visit Mayflower in person for the last…
On Thursday, July 22nd, a day before it got hot, and in the shade of the Health Center gazebo, Mayflower’s Community Life and Foodeservices departments staged a barbeque for residents. Hosted by Tracy Woolfolk and Katie Pikul, Community Life coordinators, and Jacob Staroska, Foodservices Supervisor, a number of residents enjoyed the food and conversation. Pictured…
Recently, The Mayflower Community Residents in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living had fun decorating deserts. Led by Foodservice Supervisor Jacob Staroska, and organized by the Community Life depart., residents worked with hazelnut mousse in a chocolate shell. They decorated with peanuts, maraschino cherries, whip cream, pastry cream, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce and cranberry…
Community Life assistant, Cecelia Bagnoli, shared the companionship of her dog with Mayflower Community residents. Demi, an 11-year-old chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkshire terrier mix), spent time with residents recently, brightening their day. — Leslie Jaworski, Director of Community Life, The Mayflower Community
Guitarist/keyboardist, Ronnie Burgess, lives in Cedar Rapids IA. Ron played both the Beebe Circle and the Health Center Courtyard in The Mayflower Community on Thursday, July 8th. He mixes up things, sometimes playing keyboard and sometimes guitar. His music consists of old standards, country, and some gospel. Ron has been playing music since 1962. Ron’s…
A standing committee of Mayflower Community residents organized a multiple-floats entry for Grinnell’s annual 4th of July Parade. The City’s parade began at Davis School on the corner of Hamilton and Broad. It proceeded north on Broad right through the west side of the Mayflower campus and on downtown to the north side of Grinnell.…
Curt Vos, Mayflower Community’s finish carpenter, retired Wednesday, June 30th, marking just short of 35 years of service to The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). Helping him celebrate at a reception in the Buckley Dining Room, were Curt’s two daughters, Cassie and Jenna and their three kids, who are pictured. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing…
Kathy Szary and her husband Tom moved into a Harwich Terrace patio home at The Mayflower Community in August 2016. During the summer of 2016, Kathy, then recently retired from her position as Medical Staff Services Coordinator/Executive Assistant at UnityPoint Health–Grinnell, completed training to became a volunteer counselor for the Iowa Department of Insurance’s Senior…
In a June 24th letter to residents and staff of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA), Executive Director, Steve Langerud, announced changes to the face masking and visitor policies. Citing guidance from regulators along with the improving status of the pandemic, Langerud noted that Mayflower is relaxing a few precautions that have been in place. Because…