Tag Archives: Mayflower residents

anatomy puzzle

Mayflower’s Master Puzzler Does the Anatomy

You might recall the name, “John Noer.” He is The Mayflower Community resident who is an avid jigsaw puzzle assembler. John has completed many puzzles, including a 9,000-piece vibrant aquascape and the 40,000-piece, 10-frame Disney character collage. Taking advantage of John’s fondness for puzzling, his daughter Mary, a high school science teacher, presented John with

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USDA presents Mayflower with check

Special Loan For Mayflower Open Dining

The Mayflower Community, Grinnell, Iowa has been awarded a $300,000 USDA Rural Economic Development Grant (REDG) loan, designated by the T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative of Brooklyn, Iowa. T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative applied to the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program and was granted the $300,000 to make a zero-interest loan to Mayflower Community.

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Leslie & Tracy Display Veterans Day Program

Mayflower Celebrates Veterans Day

On Thursday, November 11th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell) celebrated the annual Veterans Day with a program, a slide show, and an apple caramel bread pudding afternoon snack. The theme was “Honor, Courage, and Sacrifice.” Mayflower’s 25+ veterans and widows were listed in the program and feted in the Health Center and in Beebe Assisted Living.

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Lisa Case State Fair Projects

Knitting and Talking at Mayflower

Lisa Case is a knitter. This Mayflower Community resident won nine (9) blue ribbons at the 2021 Iowa State Fair. So, naturally, Lisa is a member of the long-standing (or sitting and talking) Sit ‘n Knit group that often meets at Mayflower. A recent session of the group was followed by Mayflower’s monthly Wine and

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Jacki Hicklin dressed up for Halloween

More Mayflower Halloween 2021

Grinnell’s Mayflower Community celebrated Halloween last weekend with a kids parade Friday afternoon and staff dress-up on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In preparation for the parade, residents in the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living also dressed up to receive the Trick-or-Treaters. In the accompanying photo, Jacki Hicklin, RN, Mayflower’s Assistant Director of Nursing and

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Sue Drake & Joyce Wubbles as witches for Halloween

Witches and Pumpkins at Mayflower

The Mayflower Community celebrated Halloween in various ways. There were Trick-or-Treat tables, costumed parades, staff costuming, goodie bags, and pumpkin decorating. In the accompanying photo, “witches” Sue Drake (left) and Joyce Wubbels, have finished their assignment of delivering goodies to Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living residents. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director

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Lester The Bus making deliveries

Mayflower’s Lester the Bus Resumes Grocery Runs

The Mayflower Community’s 13-passenger shuttle van, “Lester the Bus,” has resumed Wednesday afternoon store runs. For many years, prior to the pandemic, the van driven by volunteer drivers, picked up residents on the Mayflower campus and shuttled them to four stores in Grinnell: McNally’s, Fareway, Hy-Vee, and Walmart. Those rides have now resumed. Shoppers are

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Scott Gruhn works the cider press at fall harvest celebration

Mayflower Presses and Gets Cider

On Thursday, October 21st, The Mayflower Community celebrated the fall harvest with a dinner and homemade cider. The events started with an old-fashioned pressing of the apples to make the cider on the Buckley Courtyard veranda. In the words of Foodservices Director, Scott Gruhn, “The cider press in use was owned and operated by Warren

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Katie Iverson, Administrative Assistant for Business Operations

Two New Staff in Mayflower’s Business Office

The following additions have been made to staff of the business office (Pearson building) of The Mayflower Community. Joni Schmidt is the new Receptionist. A rural Brooklyn, Iowa native, Joni now lives in Malcom, Iowa. She says, “I am very happy to be here at Mayflower. Everyone has been so nice. The residents are amazing!”

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Saturday Bingo in H.C. with Shauna Butauski

Saturday Afternoon Entertainment at Mayflower

So, what do you do on a Saturday afternoon in Mayflower’s Health Center when the University of Iowa is playing football on T.V.? Well, of course, you play Bingo! With many residents watching the game, that means more prizes for the players. And, if you have an inkling about the upset by Purdue in process,

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