Tag Archives: Beebe Assisted Living

Deena blows out her birthdaycandle

Deena Wellborn Celebrates Her 90th at Mayflower

On Wednesday, July 20th, Deena Wellborn, a Beebe Assisted Living resident in The Mayflower Community, celebrated her 90th birthday. Mayflower’s Foodservices staff provided the most delicious red velvet and vanilla cupcakes and strawberry punch in Beebe. In the Health Center, the cupcakes were champagne and the punch was orange and pineapple with floating slices. You

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Dennis Perry Plays Carman Center

Another Musician Plays the Mayflower Carman Center

The Community Life and Wellness staff of The Mayflower Community, Leslie Davidson, Director, and Tracy Woolfolk and Jessica Hasenyager, Coordinators, plan numerous musical performances for Mayflower residents in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living. When the weather is conducive, the events take place outside on our campus. Otherwise, the acoustical gem, Mayflower’s Carman Center,

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Mayflower residents toasting with sours

Mayflower’ Beebe Book Club Does Another Book…and Dinner

On Thursday evening, June 2nd, the Beebe Book Club social dinner was held in The Mayflower Community’s J&B Bistro. The Book Club is a function of Mayflower’s Beebe Assisted Living and includes all residents who wish to participate. It was founded in 2021. In April, the group began reading and sharing, “When Harry Met Minnie,”

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Bentley, Cooper, Susan, Suzy Raffety

Mini Cooper Visits Mayflower

On Saturday, June 4th, Cooper, the miniature horse, visited Mayflower healthcare residents in the Health Center and in Beebe Assisted Living. Known as “Mini Cooper,” the gentle pony greeted folks and got up close. “Mini Cooper” is owned by Susan Leathem Sanning of rural Grinnell, who is the Associate Dean and Director of Service &

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Deena Wellborn, Betty Anne Francis, Barbara Rosfjord, Joan Mohan, Gene Rohr, and Alice Breemer

Mayflower Beebe Poetry Society Holds 1st Meeting

On May 26th, a group of Beebe Assisted Living residents in The Mayflower Community met in the Beebe Activity Room for the formative meeting of the Beebe Poetry Society. The plan is to hold monthly meetings of the group. The theme for the first meeting was the role imagination plays in poetry. Inaugural members received

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John Noer (left) reads test questions to Wilma Graden and Nadine Brouwer.

Mind Exercising, Art, and Horticulture at Mayflower

John Noer, an independent living resident in Grinnell’s Mayflower Community, volunteered to conduct an exercise in the Health Center recently—a brain exercise. After this word game, Health Center residents were off to physical exercise. Leslie Jaworski, Community Life and Wellness Director, assisted with the former and Jessica Hasenyager, Community Life and Wellness Coordinator assisted with

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Sarah Willits and Phyllis eating cinnamon rolls

Mmmm. Fresh-Baked Cinnamon Rolls at Mayflower

Recently, the aroma of freshly-baked cinnamon rolls wafted through The Mayflower Community’s Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living homes. Grinnell College student volunteer, Sarah Wilts, helped Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness Coordinator, Jessica Hasenyager with the baking. The event was hosted by the Community Life and Wellness department. The cinnamon buns and cream cheese icing

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Jessica Hasenyager, Easter Bunny, hugging Katie Hoisinton

The Easter Bunny Celebrates at Mayflower

On Friday, April 15th, the Easter Bunny visited the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living at Grinnell’s Mayflower Community. Egg coloring. Fuzzy gifts. Posing for pictures. Celebrating. Another day—well, an Easter anyway—at Mayflower! The Community Life and Wellness Department under the direction of Leslie Jaworski organized the events. Jessica Hasenyager, Coordinator, was the Easter Bunny.

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Quilts on display at Mayflower Community

Having Fun at Mayflower

During recent March days, several events took place in The Mayflower Community Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living. First, there was St. Patrick’s Day. Then, the students at Bailey Park Elementary School honored our residents with special cards. To make it all melodious, Valerie Whitman, came in with her flute to play a variety of

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Jessica, Laird and Choa at the Mayflower Tea Party

Mayflower Tea Party

On Monday, March 21st, the Community Life and Wellness staff in The Mayflower Community hosted a tea party for Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. Residents kept their distance, a procedure we continue to observe for infection protection. In the Carman Center, apple and apricot pastries were accompanied by Earl Grey tea. Earl was

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