Archive for category: Important Update

Follow these guidelines to find a spot and skip a costly ticket. Parking tickets can be upwards of $80 and Impark has the right to tow cars that are improperly parked. You can avoid all the hassle by making sure you’re in the right spot.

Know Your Parking Options – Paid Parking

There are three parking lots on campus with spots available to staff who have purchased monthly parking from Impark. Staff with a pass can park in any spot marked STAFF or FLEX. The three lots are:

• between Pavilion and Menno Home
• at the end of Brundige in front of Menno Home entrance A
• between Menno Home and Primrose Gardens.

Staff are NOT permitted to park in the lot directly in front of Menno Hospital.

Do not park in visitor spots. When guests come to visit and cannot park it has a direct negative impact on our residents.

Know Your Parking Options – Free Parking

Free parking is available at Peace Lutheran church (2029 Ware Street) but it requires a parking pass. The church is located at the corner of Marshall and Ware, an easy two block walk from campus. If you want to take advantage of this parking contact Kristina on the People and Culture team for a pass. This parking is available Monday – Friday (excluding holidays) from 0600 – 1800 on the west side of the parking lot only. Please do not park here on the weekend.

Street parking along Primrose Street (in front of Terrace East) and on Brundige (beside Primrose Gardens) is reserved for residents and their guests. Staff are not permitted to park in these areas or take parking passes that are meant for visitors. The angled parking on the east side of Primrose Gardens is also reserved for guests only.

How to Purchase a Parking Pass

If you need to purchase a parking pass you can do that directly from Impark. You will need a code to be able to make your purchase. For new hires this information is in your hiring package. For all other staff please contact Kristina. Detailed instructions can be found here: https://mennoplacestaff.com/staff-parking-pass/

 

It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of our friend and colleague, Michele Crowell, after 18 remarkable years of dedicated service to Menno Place. While we will certainly miss her, we are excited for the new adventures that await her in this next chapter of life.

Michele has poured her heart and soul into her work. She is known not only for her exceptional professionalism, but also for her meticulous attention to detail. Whether answering questions or guiding us through complex budgeting and financial reporting, Michele has consistently demonstrated excellence, accuracy, and unwavering commitment.

Throughout her tenure, Michele has held various roles at Menno Place, beginning as Accounting Coordinator at Menno Home in 2007, and most recently serving as Finance Analyst & Reporting for all of Menno Place since 2015.

A highlight for Michele, and something she can be proud of, is the successful grant application that she led which enabled the nursing staff to purchase a bladder scanner. It’s still in use today!

Please join us in celebrating Michele’s incredible career and wishing her all the best in her well-deserved retirement. Feel free to reach out to Michele via email or phone to congratulate her. Michele’s last day will be Friday, February 14.

Thank you, Michele, for your extraordinary dedication to your work, and to the residents and staff of Menno Place. We wish you nothing but joy and fulfillment as you embrace this exciting new chapter! Peace out!

We found a few photos of Michele’s time here on campus:

Three Menno Place staff members have been nominated for the BC Care Provider of the Year awards!

In the coming weeks we will be upgrading our maintenance, stores, room booking, and housekeeping and laundry systems. We will be moving away from TheWorxHub to new software solutions that improve work flows for support service workers, provide better reporting, and increase access to the requesters across the campus.

When is this change happening?

The first program to roll out will be the app for Stores. It will go live on February 3.  Systems for the other areas will go live in early April.

How will staff access the new systems?

All staff will be able to access the new systems through iLinks on the staff site, or through a bookmark in their browser, the same way TheWorxHub was accessed in the past.

Will there be training on the new systems?

There will be clear instructions on the staff site as new programs launch. Some teams (eg maintenance, housekeeping and laundry) will receive additional training.

What if I need to make a request today?

Keep using TheWorxHub as normal until each system switches over. For example, on Feb 3 when the new Stores system goes live, maintenance and housekeeping requests will still go through TheWorxHub. The dates of the switches will be clearly communicated.