The very thoughtful and creative FANS (Friends and Neighbors) of Mayflower made these adorable May Baskets along with a sweet poem for Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. They were distributed on Thursday afternoon, April 29th. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director
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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
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
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
On March 25th, International Waffle Day was celebrated in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) Beebe Assisted Living and Health Center. With the assistance of Mayflower’s Foodservices kitchen, led by Supervisor Jacob Staroska, residents enjoyed mini-Belgium waffles. Available were a variety of toppings—fresh whipped cream, raspberries, blueberries, chocolate chips, pecans, butter, and traditional and sugar-free syrup.
The Mayflower Community just completed a “Spring Break” for Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. The good news: No arrests for disorderly conduct. This all means we are rounding the corner of this insipid pandemic thing. It helps that all but two of all those Mayflower residents are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 infection.
In The Mayflower Community on March 10th, Jacob Staroska, Foodservice Supervisor, led cupcake decorating demonstrations in Beebe Assisted Living and the Health Center. Jake baked a variety of flavored cupcakes (chocolate, vanilla, and lemon) for residents to decorate using individual piping bags filled with several different colored frostings and a variety of sprinkles. They were
Late Mayflower Community resident, Timer (Norman Van) McCombs, was recently remembered. Friend and service veteran, Steve Cranston, contacted Mayflower on behalf of the Deep River (Iowa) American Legion Post #296. He explained their organization wanted to do something in the memory of their friend and longtime Mayflower resident. Their goal was to do something that
Katie McGriff is Mayflower’s Community Life and Wellness Coordinator. Having begun her work, mostly in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living last November, Katie met most of Mayflower’s independent living residents as she handled the intake for the coronavirus vaccination events in late February. Katie is completing her Activity Professionals Certification through the Iowa
The Mayflower Community’s Beebe Assisted Living and Health Center residents celebrated a frozen and Fat Tuesday, February 16th. The Mayflower Foodservices staff baked traditional King Cakes to honor the lead up to Ash Wednesday. Residents adorned festive beads and masks while enjoying themed trivia and games. In the accompanying photo fashionista Kay Roberts, a Beebe