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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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
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,
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,