He’s doing it again! After recently completing a 9,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, Mayflower Community (Grinnell, Iowa) resident, John Noer, just acquired a 40,000-piece puzzle. Having nothing to do for the next couple of years, he may be able to come up with the 22-foot long creation. Standing six feet tall, the puzzle depicts vivid Disney® characters
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Two of Grinnell’s (Iowa) top professional organizations have partnered to coordinate services. The Mayflower Community’s residents and staff will receive therapy services from Total Rehab Orthopedic & Sports Specialist, P.C. Under the direction of Total Rehab’s owner, Stacey Alberts, PT/OCS/CSCS, therapy services are led by: Physical therapist, Dr. Jordan Finch-Smith, DPT Occupational therapist, Brittany Sleeuwenhoek,
The Mayflower Residents Association (MRA) of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell, Iowa) operates a retail store, The Mini Gift Shop. Operations are managed by a committee of resident members of the MRA. The stock is gifts of residents’ and friends’ gently used (some never used) personal items. The Committee gets items ready for sale, prices them,
Kathy Dempsey, Editor of Marketing Library Services newsletter, has said, “Libraries are portals to all of the world’s knowledge. And librarians make sure that knowledge continues to be recorded and saved for the future, even as information-storage devices and formats change.” In other words, librarians are really important people! We have a proportionately large number
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