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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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Helen and Dale Lippincott celebrate 75 years

75th Anniversary for Helen and Dale Lippincott

Helen and Dale Lippincott celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, March 24th in The Mayflower Community Health Center. The couple met in high school when she was a freshman and he was a sophomore. Helen knew she liked Dale. Subsequently, he left school to serve for two years in the Navy. When he returned,

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Jacob Flips Waffles

Enjoying International Waffle Day at Mayflower

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.

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Jean Libbey celebrates 90th birthday in Central Park

Party Time…Outside!

Jean Libbey, Grinnell Mayflower Community resident, was surprised with a birthday celebration gathering on Saturday, March 20th in Grinnell’s Central Park. Organized by Jean’s daughters and son-in-law, the event marked Jean’s 90th birthday. Unaware of the impending party, Jean rode with her daughter Joan Langer on Mayflower’s three-wheel, side-by-side cycle into the group gathered at

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Gordon VanDonselaar wearing Irish themed hat

“Spring Break” in Mayflower’s Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living

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.

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Dennis Anderson calling bingo numbers

Group Bingo Returns to Mayflower

The Mayflower Community has resumed activities for Health Center residents in the second floor Carman Center. This provides the needed open space for social distancing, as Mayflower continues pandemic precautions. Last week resident Dennis Anderson was the “guest caller” for the strenuous “black-out” round. Dennis has a very strong voice. One of the residents playing

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Delores Montgomery & Jacob decorating cupcakes

Cupcake Fun at Mayflower

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

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Harry Bolton and Leslie Jaworski on tandem bike

On a Bicycle Built for Two…

The bicycle built for two in The Mayflower Community is actually a three-wheeled All Abilities® cycle built for two. There are two of them—the side-by-side and the rickshaw. Monday, March 8th was the perfect day for residents and staff to get out for a little sunshine and fresh air! The leader riders were Mayflower Community

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Timer McCombs memorial donation items

Memory of Timer McCombs Brightens Mayflower

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

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