The St. Francis Manor Foundation’s Breakfast with Santa was fun for all ages! Over 150 people including Gary and Jay Glandon’s family gathered on December 2 for an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. Santa Claus surprised the Hammond Center for Assisted Living construction workers by delivering them breakfast! Construction of the 20...
St. Francis Manor Receives National Recognition as One of the Best Nursing Homes for 2017-18 with Top Performing Rating U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in healthcare rankings, has identified St. Francis Manor as one of the Best Nursing Homes for 2017-18 with a “Top Performing” rating of...
Fifty “graduates” from the past year gathered on November 1 for a Rehab Reunion Luncheon to celebrate their success. Out of 138 out-patient clients, 93% met their individualized program goals with expected or better than expected outcomes. Winners of $25 gift cards to local restaurants and grocery stores were Betty...
A Veterans Remembrance Program was hosted by St. Francis Manor on November 9 to honor local veterans. Approximately 110 people attended the event including St. Francis Manor and Seeland Park residents as well as veterans from the Grinnell community. Activity Directors Caitlin Mellick and Abby Moyer presented the program which...
Approximately 150 people enjoyed homemade ham & bean soup, cornbread, apple cider and a variety of desserts on November 2 at the “Hard Times” fundraiser event hosted by the Seeland Park Marketing Committee. The free-will donation event raised a total of $6,500 for the St. Francis Manor Foundation to be...
Happy Halloween from St. Francis Manor! We are festive! We have hippies, Chipmunks, Crayola crayons, Mad Hatter, and 7 Dwarves! Residents enjoyed passing out candy to trick-or-treaters! Thank you to those who visited! Check out more photos from the week on our Facebook page.
At least 65 visitors, including 36 first-timers, attended Seeland Park’s Fall Tour of Homes on October 8th. Approximately 42% of the visitors were from communities outside of Grinnell, including Altoona, Brooklyn, Gilman, Kellogg, Malcom, Montezuma, Newton, Pleasant Hill, Victor and Waterloo, as well as the states of Colorado, Missouri and...
Walkers, runners and weightlifters came from as far away as Maryland and Colorado to participate in St. Francis Manor Foundation’s first 5K Pump & Run/Walk on a beautiful fall morning the last day of September. The youngest participant was 9-year-old Gideon Miller from Ankeny and the oldest participants were Seeland...
Initiated in 2003 by the International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA), Active Aging Week takes place each year during the last week of September. This year’s theme is “Ignite Your Passion.” The objective of the annual health-promotion event is to give as many older adults as possible the means to...
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