Tag Archives: Mayflower Staff

May baskets

Mayflower May Baskets

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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Katie Hoisington with her finished garden

Tiny Gardens Built at Mayflower

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

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Jacob Staroska, pours tea forLaird Keever

Spring Tea Event at Mayflower

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

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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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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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