Month: October 2018

laura tuggle lacina playing harp

Harpist Sooths at Mayflower

Laurel Tuggle Lacina played harp in Mayflower’s Montgomery Lounge on Thursday afternoon, October 25, 2018 as a gift to passers-by. Laurel is a Grinnell-Newburg School District Board member and a manager at the Grinnell Area Arts Council. She talked a bit about the harp and answered questions before playing for a small audience. A Mayflower

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middle way farms csa box delivery

Closed for the Season

Middle Way Farm made its last delivery of CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) vegetables to The Mayflower Community on October 20th. Because so many Mayflower residents signed up for weekly CSA foods this summer, Middle Way added a stop on Mayflower Lane at the Buckley Courtyard veranda. Middle Way Farm is owned by Jordan Scheibel, a 2009

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Katie In and Erik Jarvis of Pink neighbor entertainment

Pink Neighbor Entertains

Last night (October 25th), the Pink Neighbor musical duo performed for the weekly Lyceum Program. An activity of the Mayflower Residents Association, the standing committee is chaired by resident Sue Ahrens. The Lyceum is a free, weekly Mayflower program offering residents and friends a program of music or education. From the Latin, Lyceum was the

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Gloria Clay voting early

Early Voting at Mayflower

Recently, The Mayflower Community Activities staff assisted Beebe Assisted Living and Health Center residents to cast absentee ballots for the November 6th General Election. Pictured is Gloria Clay making a deposit in the ballot box. Two employees from the Poweshiek County Auditor’s office brought their voting materials and box to Mayflower for the event. 23

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Dorothy Williams telling her story at Story Circle

Mayflower Story Circle

48 Mayflower Community residents participated in one of our periodic “Story Circles” presented by the Independent Living Activities department and hosted by resident Harriet Adelberg. On Tuesday evening, October 23rd, residents gathered for Mayflower homemade pizza. Then, the “Jobs I Have Held” stories started flowing. Dorothy Williams told of her rise in the publishing world,

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cookie monster pumpkin with cookies

Mayflower Staff Pumpkin Carving

On Monday, October 22, 2018, various Mayflower staff and departments submitted 14 carved and decorated pumpkins for judging by Mayflower residents. Most were pretty scary! All were creative and fun. This event was organized by Beebe Assisted Living Activities Coordinator, Tina Frascht. At this time, the voting has not been completed. The photos below show

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Steve Langerud at Leadership Iowa retreat

Executive Director Langerud Conducts Retreat

Steve Langerud, Executive Director of The Mayflower Community, facilitated the recent annual retreat of “Leadership Iowa,” a program of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI). On October 10, 2018, the group met at the Honey Creek Resort to focus on leadership and communications. Leadership Iowa is Iowa’s premier statewide issues-awareness program for current

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Residents at Fun Fall Party buffet

Fun Fall Party

The Mayflower Residents Association sponsored a “Fun Fall Party” on Thursday, October 8, 2018. The featured menu was a buffet of burgers and brats, tater nachos, all the fixings, and caramel apple sundae desserts. About 75 residents attended and enjoyed the food and comradery. – Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director

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UCC Annual Meeting with Brigit and Jonna

Glennon Doyle at UCC Annual Meeting

On Friday, October 12, 2018, Glennon Doyle was the featured speaker at the West Des Moines Annual Meeting of the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ. As Mayflower is a ministry of the United Church of Christ, Executive Director, Steve Langerud, and Sales & Marketing Director, Bob Mann, attended the meeting. Doyle is

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mayflower residents standing in front of Boone Scenic Valley Train

They Were All Aboard!

On Saturday, October 6th, 17 Mayflower residents boarded the famous Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Dinner Train for an excursion over the high bridge on the Des Moines River valley. They saw the changing-color leaves in the Iowa woodlands while dining on a scrumptious white-tablecloth meal of Iowa chop, veggie lasagna, chicken marsala, prime rib,

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