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
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Month: July 2021
Located on the sidewalk in front of the wild grass garden of Mayflower Community residents Lois and Gayle Strickler, Jr. is a park bench made out of “milk jugs.” After Gayle and Lois moved to Grinnell from Marshalltown, they groomed the garden and then added the unique bench that is pictured. Manufactured by Plastic Recycling
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
On Tuesday, July 20th, Mayflower residents were treated to the music of Nashville recording artist, Neil Hewitt. The Nevada IA native and ISU graduate entertained with his guitar and sound system in Grinnell’s Mayflower Community. He has visited us with his performances six times in the last three years. Neil’s music is soothing and at
During this recent favorable weather, Mayflower residents have been able to enjoy Friday evening’s “Music in the Park,” next door to The Mayflower Community. Coordinated by Mayflower’s Community Life department and assisted by volunteer Carolina Klauk Novaes, the outing was possible for residents from Beebe Assisted Living and the Health Center were able to attend.
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
Bill Lawyer is an acoustical guitarist from Marshalltown. On Tuesday, July 6th, Bill played outdoors for Mayflower residents in the Beebe Circle and in the Health Center Courtyard. He had played Mayflower previously with a vocal partner, Joan Grufe, who has since retired. Bill describes himself a “finger-style flat-picking guitarist.” Playing since he was 15
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.