A Prayer for the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival Tragedy
We are deeply saddened by the tragedy that occurred on Saturday in Vancouver at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival.
Angela Hayward – Staff Prayer – April 25 2025
Leonard shared a meditation on kindness and we prayed for Angela Hayward, LEA.
National Volunteer Week 2025: Volunteers Make Waves
Our 100 active volunteers have already contributed nearly 2,000 hours in 2025.
April 28: Day of Mourning
We remember workers worldwide who have died, were injured, or became ill from their job.
Room Booking Has Moved to Outlook
Room Booking is now live in Outlook. All existing bookings have been moved into the new system. To create a new booking or check room availability simply add the location to your Outlook meeting request.
Full instructions can be found here: How to book a room using Outlook.
Gentle Persuasive Approach Workshop
Learn how to respond respectfully, with confidence and skill, to behaviours associated with dementia at a Gentle Persuasive Approach Workshop on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Space is limited. Register soon!
Care Team Restructuring Update
After careful consideration, the leadership of the Menno Place care services has been restructured. Pooja Mishra, Executive Director of Care Services, continues to have broad responsibility for Long Term Care and Assisted Living. The Assisted Living team will report directly to Pooja. Smitha Varghese (Director of Care, Long-Term Care) is now responsible for Long Term Care at both Menno Home and Menno Hospital .
Anitha Thomas remains as the Manager of Care for Menno Home while at Menno Hospital, Kahan Rekhia and Jagdeep Bains continue in their roles as Manager of Care and Nurse Manager, respectively.
Thank you for your patience as we have finalized the care team structure.
Happy Administrative Professionals Day
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our Unit Clerks and Executive Administrator!!
What is the history of this day?
Three people led the effort to create Administrative Professionals Day/Week: Mary Barrett, a past president of the National Secretaries Association – now called the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP); C. King Woodbridge, president of Dictaphone Corporation; and Harry F. Klemfuss, public relations account executive at Young & Rubicam.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer proclaimed the first observance of National Secretaries Week as June 1-7, 1952. Wednesday, June 4, 1952, was designated the first National Secretaries Day. In 1955, the National Secretaries Association changed the dates to the current celebration during the last full week of April.
The name of the observance was changed to Professional Secretaries Day/Week in 1981 when the National Secretaries Association became Professional Secretaries International (PSI).
In 1998, PSI changed the organization’s name to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) and the name of the occasion was changed again in 2000 when the IAAP designated the holiday as Administrative Professionals Day/Week. The name change reflects the changing job titles and expanding responsibilities of today’s administrative workforce.
Celebrating Easter
Christ’s death and resurrection inspires us to provide compassionate Christian care for all.
Kara Wilkinson – Staff Prayer – April 17
As we prepare for Easter Weekend, Shawna a volunteer chaplain here at Menno Place, shared about Maundy Thursday and we prayed for Kara.
