Month: April 2021

Letters of cheer from Germany

Letters of Cheer From Germany For Mayflower Residents

How can you brighten the day of an older person during a time of isolation? That is the question posed to her students by Mrs. Laura Maly-Schmidt at the International School of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. She is the Middle Years Programme Coordinator whose parents live in Grinnell. The answer to the question: A cheerful handwritten

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Katie Hoisington with her finished garden

Tiny Gardens Built at Mayflower

Recently, residents in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living at Grinnell’s The Mayflower Community, constructed miniature gardens. Some say that these will become the habitat for good fairies. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director

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buckley courtyard garden

The Buckley Courtyard…It’s Beautiful!

The gorgeous icon of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA)—the Buckley Courtyard—is ready for the April rains. Sitting in the middle of Mayflower’s 30-acre campus on the west side of the Buckley building and patio, the mixed foliage, two-pond garden is approaching its 20th year. Each year, it matures a bit more extravagantly. Pre-season pruning, cleaning,

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Jacob Staroska, pours tea forLaird Keever

Spring Tea Event at Mayflower

On Monday, April 5th, The Mayflower Community residents living in the Health Center and in Beebe Assisted Living apartments enjoyed a Spring Tea event. Foodservice Director, Scott Gruhn, and Supervisor Jacob Staroska served up a delicious menu of sugar cookies, curried chicken salad tea sandwiches, and sesame tuiles (ultra-thin wafer biscuits) accompanied by Earl Grey

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Mayflower residents and staff in Zoom meeting

Mayflower Residents Zoom Into Infrastructure Information

On Monday, April 5th, a large number of Mayflower Community residents tuned into a Zoom presentation hosted by the Mayflower Residents Association. The topic for this meeting was “Mayflower Infrastructure Upgrade Plans.’’ Presented by Executive Director, Steve Langerud, and Director of Facility Operations, Jack Morrison, the meeting was one in a series of four about

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Easter Bunny - Katie McGriff chats with Nadien Brouwer

Easter Comes Alive in The Mayflower Community

Over the weekend of April 3rd – 5th, Easter was celebrated in The Mayflower Community. On Friday, Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents decorated and dyed Easter eggs. Katie McGriff, Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness coordinator made a surprise visit as the Easter Bunny. The Bunny distributed sweet treats to each resident. On Easter

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