Month: October 2018

Students and residents walking

Healthy Walkers

On Wednesday, October 3, 2018, Mayflower residents and staff joined with Davis Elementary School students to participate in the statewide “Healthiest State Initiative” to walk around the campus. Over 50 Davis 4th graders and teachers accompanied about 40 Mayflower Health Center, Beebe Assisted Living, and independent living residents and staff for the five-block walk. It

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steve langerud with DSM Fellows

Mayflower Executive Director Works With DSM Fellows

Steve Langerud, Director of Mayflower Community, spent Saturday morning, September 29th working on leadership and communication skills with the DSM Fellows, a program of the Greater Des Moines Partnership at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. The is the first year of the Des Moines Fellowship program, which is a professional development initiative program which attracts,

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harold tindall posing in front of davis elementary school at 104

Harold Tindall Turns 104

On September 23, 2018, Harold Tindall celebrated his 104th birthday. A native of New Jersey, Harold moved into a Mayflower Community apartment in the Edwards building in March 2007. In August 2017, Harold subsequently moved into an apartment in the Beebe Assisted Living building, his current home. Born and raised on a dairy farm in

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doug and lorna caulkins

Doug and Lorna Caulkins Receive Prestigious Honor

Congratulations to Mayflower Community residents, Doug and Lorna Caulkins who have been named the 2018 recipients of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation Connie Marshall Spirit of Giving Award. The Foundation annually bestows this honor, which “celebrates an individual or couple with a lifetime of service to others through individual endeavors and through overall community involvement.”

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