The Mayflower Community Board of Trustees and Steve Langerud, Executive Director, are pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2023, Grinnell native, Scott Gruhn, will become Mayflower’s Director of Facilities and Operations. In this role, Scott will be responsible for all of Mayflower’s Facilities, Foodservice, Housekeeping, and Laundry operations. He says, “I am pleased to…
Jacob Staroska, Foodservice Supervisor for The Mayflower Community, has been licensed as a Certified Dietary Manager (CDM). He recently completed the necessary testing requirement after meeting the educational and experiential requirements. A Grinnell native, Jacob began working in The Mayflower Community as Foodservice Supervisor in December 2020. He is a graduate of the Des Moines…
On Thursday, October 21st, The Mayflower Community celebrated the fall harvest with a dinner and homemade cider. The events started with an old-fashioned pressing of the apples to make the cider on the Buckley Courtyard veranda. In the words of Foodservices Director, Scott Gruhn, “The cider press in use was owned and operated by Warren…
Thanksgiving Day 2020 in The Mayflower Community was full of appreciation, even with all the struggles of 2020. The highlight was the home-delivered meals to Mayflower residents. Independent living residents ordered 125 specially prepared turkey and ham dinners with all the fixins. Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents dined from the same menu. Food…
Residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) were invited to a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, August 25th to learn of current developments. Conducted by Jack Mutti, President-Elect of the Mayflower Residents Association, the meeting featured Mayflower senior managers discussing basic ideas for utilizing available services, especially during this period of social distancing. In addition, individual…
If you have enjoyed food catered from the Mayflower kitchen under the direction of Scott Gruhn, these two photos will bring back memories. It is just like the “old days”…except there is plenty of space between table settings! Scott, Mayflower’s Director of Food Services, and his staff catered a picnic for resident Mary Schuchmann and…
Grinnell native, Bruce Kriegel, was honored Tuesday for his 15 years of service to The Mayflower Community. Bruce has been working weekday mornings in the Mayflower dining room since he was 16 years old. Many locals know Bruce for about the same number of years as he has served as manager of the Grinnell High…
Even though we are observing physical distancing, The Mayflower Community Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents can still party! As you can see from these photos, we celebrated special occasions. That Grinnell stalwart, Art Heimann, observed his 98th birthday last Wednesday. Before the onset of the pandemic, 23 members of his family had planned…
On Tuesday, March 3rd, The Mayflower Community provided tours of the Buckley kitchen to residents and invited guests This was an opportunity to see how Mayflower has converted the Buckley Dining Room to the new “Open Dining” concept as the result of modifications to the prep kitchen. As a result, meals are available daily from…
The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) residents and their guests celebrated Oktoberfest, Amana-style on October 24th. The white-tablecloth dinner was served family style in the Buckley Dining Room after a short social time that featured wines and German beer. The dinner menu included appetizers (serving bowls on the tables!) of homemade applesauce, coleslaw, and rye bread.…