The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) hosted a virtual meeting of the Mayflower Residents Association (MRA) on Monday, July 20th. With 67 devices logged into the Zoom® meeting, there were almost 100 in attendance as some residents hosted others. The MRA is an active, self-governing body composed of all residents of Mayflower. It is made up
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On July 16th, The Mayflower Community honored four recently-retired employees who had served Mayflower residents for 86 years. Because the pandemic made it unsafe to host a retirement celebration, Mayflower instead sponsored a “card shower.” The four retirees received a bow-tied stack of notes and cards, a photo collage of their Mayflower work, a fresh
The Mayflower Community is celebrating the completion of Associate Degree Nursing work for four staff LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses). While working at Mayflower as nurses, Trisha Beyer, Taylor Kirby (pictured above), Cheyenne Klos, and Kelsey Pothoven attended classes and performed clinical rotations and a preceptorship through the Marshalltown Community College. The next challenge for
Grinnell native, Bruce Kriegel, was honored Tuesday for his 15 years of service to The Mayflower Community. Bruce has been working weekday mornings in the Mayflower dining room since he was 16 years old. Many locals know Bruce for about the same number of years as he has served as manager of the Grinnell High
The Courtyard in The Mayflower Community on the west patio of the Buckley building is beautiful. Annually (who knows this year), the Grinnell Area Garden Club tours the outside arboretum to marvel at its variety of vegetation and pristine grooming. The Courtyard has been the site for numerous senior pictures—Grinnell High School as well as
On Thursday, July 2nd, Grinnell’s Mayflower Community provided a home-delivered shrimp dinner. Taking the place of the annual gathering of dozens of residents on the Buckley Courtyard patio to enjoy freshly boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes, complimented with sausage, and homemade coleslaw and bread. The meal was topped off with a desert
Recently, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) announced that our Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living had completed “Phase I” of requirements for long-term care facilities set by the Iowa Department of Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA). Shortly thereafter, an active case of COVID-19—the first ever at Mayflower—was diagnosed with
The Mayflower Community is lucky. We seem to be on Neil Hewitt’s concert tour. Besides a gig last December and one last January, both in the Carman Center, Neil honored Mayflower residents by playing today (June 16th). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Neil accommodated folks by setting up on the sidewalk in front of the Health
86 years of faithful service! Veiled by the isolation that has resulted from the pandemic, four long-serving Mayflower Community employees retired in May. They are (years of service in parenthesis): Janet Neff, executive secretary (35) Betty Lou Schamber, Beebe Assisted Living certified medication aide (33) Chery Nelson, Health Center and Beebe Activities Director (11) Anne
On Wednesday, Janet Neff, Executive Secretary for The Mayflower Community, retired after 35 years of service. Based in Mayflower’s Pearson building business office, Janet has worked directly with four different Executive Directors over that period. In addition, she has been responsible for Mayflower’s bi-weekly payroll, accounts payable check issuance, and a variety of administrative support