As we celebrate Support Services Appreciation week please take a minute to thank a team member who works for the dietary, housekeeping, laundry, finance, life enrichment, communications & advancement, staffing, people & culture, maintenance, recreation or rehabilitation team.
Use the form below to send your thanks!
This is a reminder that a planned IT outage will take place from Friday, June 12 to Saturday, June 13.
The outage of network drives and related services will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and will be fully in effect by 5:30 p.m. During the outage, access to network drives and several internal systems (including GoldCare, ComVida, Tailscale, and Exchange) will be unavailable. Internet and Wi‑Fi services, as well as cloud-based systems (including PCC and Senior Care), will remain available.
Some services will begin to be restored Friday evening, with core access (such as basic network connectivity and certain drives) returning later that evening. Additional systems will be restored in stages overnight and into Saturday morning, including network applications and printing services. Most major systems, including Exchange, are expected to be restored by Saturday morning, with final services returning by early afternoon.
Our management and IT teams will be actively overseeing this work to minimize disruption and ensure a smooth restoration of services.
If you experience an urgent issue during the outage, please contact Adaptive Technical at local 2241 at any time for support.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Join us for the Menno Place Butterfly Release on Friday, June 12 at 2:30pm, following our annual memorial service at 1:00pm in the Hospital Chapel where we’ll be honouring those who have passed since June 2025. Click for details on how you can pre-purchase your butterfly!
We want to let you know that the upcoming planned IT outage has moved from June 5 – 6 to June 12 -13.
During this time some of our computer systems will be turned off for a period of time so they can be improved. Most outages will happen overnight.
This means things like shared files and some programs may not work during that time. However, the Internet, Wi-Fi, and some online systems (like PCC and Senior Care) will still work.
Our management team is planning carefully and guiding this work to make sure the outage is as short as possible and causes very little disruption.
We will share more details soon, including exactly when this will happen and what you should do to get ready. We are working to keep the outage as short as possible so it causes very little disruption.
Thank you for your understanding.
Join us for the Menno Place Butterfly Release on Friday, June 12 at 2:30pm, following our annual memorial service at 1:00pm in the Hospital Chapel where we’ll be honouring those who have passed since June 2025. Click for details on how you can pre-purchase your butterfly!
MEMO:
To: All Health Care Aide Staff – Menno Apartments
Date: June 1, 2026
Assisted Living Aides – Job Fair
This bulletin is notice to the Assisted Living, Care Aide team of the timeline for the upcoming Job Fair at Menno Apartments.
Date of Job Fair: June 16, 2026
Location: Terrace East Boardroom (second floor)
Time: 11 am – 12 noon
Rotations and seniority lists will be posted in Terrace East on June 2, 2026. Proxy notes will be available at the same time. The Job Fair does not include casual staff.
The Job Fair operates entirely on seniority so please note the time beside your name on the seniority list when you will be required to make your choice.
If you are unable to attend the Job Fair, you may submit your Proxy by email to Lana Murray at lana.murray@mennoplace.ca or drop it by her office in HR by June 15, 2026, at 4pm.
If you choose to attend the Job Fair on a day off, this time is not paid. Do not be late for your allotted time as we will have to move on to the next staff as per the schedule and your choice may be taken. Please bring photo ID to the Job Fair for identification.
Failure to attend the Job Fair or submit a Proxy Note will result in a status change to casual. The date for the new rotations begins on or soon after July 01, 2026.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your shop steward.
Thank you.
To: All Menno Place Staff
From: Reuben Neufeld
Date: May 29, 2026
Re: Farewell to Randy Turnigan, Payroll Business Partner
It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to our Payroll Business Partner, Randy. In his time with us, he has brought devotion, and commitment to the payroll administration function, ensuring excellence in his work, suggesting innovative solutions, and care for his colleagues and staff. Beyond his professional contributions, he is a devoted father.
As Randy embarks on his next chapter, we wish him a journey filled with an abundance of happiness, good health, and good fortune. We are confident he will be a fabulous addition to his new team.
Randy’s last day on campus will be June 5th. Please join us in thanking him for his dedication and in wishing him every success in the exciting adventures to come.
Once a month, from June to September, Chef’s Plate will offer a fine dining experience that invites you to savour the moments. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, anniversary, graduation or just want to enjoy a special summer evening, Chef’s Plate will give you a full restaurant experience that is walking distance from home.
Reservations are required.
Dinner will cost $38 a plate and includes your choice of main course, dessert and beverage (pop, juice, water, coffee or tea). Tax and tip is already included. Menno Place residents will enjoy a 20% discount. A maximum of 60 tickets will be available per night.
Where: Primrose Gardens dining room (Primrose Gardens, 2099 Primrose Street)
When: Saturday, June 20, July 25, August 22 and September 26. Seating times start at 5pm
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased through one of the Life Enrichment Associates. Call 604-851-4004 or fill out the form here: https://mennoplacelife.com/chefsplate/
Roast Prime Rib
served with rich au jus & traditional horseradish
OR
Boursin-Stuffed Chicken Breast
creamy, savoury and stuffed with herbs and vegetables
Accompaniments
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Yorkshire Pudding
Seasonal Vegetables
Desserts
Chocolate Truffle Mouse Cake
OR
Crème Brulé
The Menno Place Movers – Angela, Leonard, Noucky, Sujata, Sujata’s son Kiegan, and Sharon. Not pictured – Pooja.
The Menno Place Movers Team had a GREAT time together at the 2026 Run for Water on Sunday, May 24th. Sujata, Pooja, Leonard, Sharon, Angela and Noucky represented for the team! You should join us next year.
If you register for next year’s Run for Water 2027 by the end of the month (May 31), you can join for 75% off!
Step 1: Go to https://raceroster.com/events/2027/119375/2027-run-for-water-5k-10k Select either the 5km or 10km distance and click REGISTER.
Step 2: If you have not used Race Roster before you’ll be prompted to create a log in. Once you have logged in to Race Roster you’ll be taken to the Run for Water event registration page.
Step 3: Fill in your personal and team information. Underneath the emergency contact section of the form you’ll find the TEAMS section. Click “Yes, add to another existing team”. This will open up a new section of the form. Choose MENNO PLACE MOVERS from the dropdown list and enter the code keepmoving in the code box.
Step 4: Email a copy of your registration confirmation email to Leonard Klassen (team captain) by 4pm on May 31st to claim your rebate. The 2027 Pre- registration price is 50% off ($29.01) until the end of May. Menno Place will reimburse you another 50% ($15) off of that.
See you at the starting line!
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What is Run for Water?
In 2007 the founding board members of the Run for Water Society conceptualized a unique event to be hosted in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The vision was to stage a top tier internationally recognized running event that would attract a wide range of participants and athletes and, at the same time, raise awareness – and funds – for people in the developing world who lack one of life’s basic necessities – clean water. Since 2008, this volunteer board has staged an annual road race and now additionally organizes trail runs and gravel grind events.
Funds raised – over $4,000,000 to date – go towards helping building clean water projects in some of the most remote and marginalized areas of Africa.
Join us for the Menno Place Butterfly Release on Friday, June 12 at 2:30pm, following our annual memorial service at 1:00pm in the Hospital Chapel where we’ll be honouring those who have passed since June 2025. Click for details on how you can pre-purchase your butterfly!
