In October 2022 Menno Hospital team members were set up on the Facial Recognition Scanner.
If you are not yet set up on the Facial Recognition Scanner at Menno Hospital, please contact Jessy Manhas, HR Coordinator immediately to be set up.
Jessy Manhas
604 851-1346
The Biometric Hand scanners will be removed by February 6, 2023.
Director, Human Resources
Menno Place
Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Monday, February 13, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!
Join the Party! A LIVE Program (in 3 different locations!) Celebrating Team Members & Recognizing Longevity Service Awards. Thursday, Feb 16 @ 2:30 – 3:30pm
Please join us for her retirement tea:
Menno Hospital Chapel
January 27, 2023
2:30pm
Good Bye to the Staff – Karen Biggs’ Retirement:
As Menno enters 2023 to celebrate it’s 70th Anniversary, the Lord has different plans for my life as I move on alone to tackle my breast cancer journey and then find a ministry in retirement.
I am truly sorry that I did not get a chance to thank each and everyone of you personally for all the wonderful things you do every day to serve our residents, their families and each other.
I experienced a taste of your love from the West 1 Home staff while they took excellent care of my darling husband, Peter for 15 months before he passed.
I was amazed over and over how thoughtful, loving and kind everyone here is. I knew we give great care, but I didn’t really know that we give EXCEPTIONAL Care!!
I have seen many, many changes while I was here for the past almost 10 years!! I am thankful for all of you who put up with the changes and helped with them. I am disappointed that I did not get to rebuild our buildings for you but it is in God’s hands (and Fraser Health’s) as to when that gets done.
I am optimistic that Covid may have helped us move that project forward. I know that you are in great hands with the fantastic Leadership Team here at Menno and I have every confidence that the board will pick a great replacement for my position. I know that they are ready to announce my successor very soon as I had dinner with the board last night and they assure me it is forth coming.
Until they make an announcement, Kathrin McMath will be Acting CEO in my place.
I will continue to pray for all of you and the campus as I go forward. My radiation and medication pick ups are across the street at ARH so I will pop in to visit and attend Prayer Circle when I drive in from Langley if the times work.
Thank you for your prayers and your support these past 3 Covid years. It has been a tough pandemic for all of us and thanks to you we have done a great job handling it here at Menno. I wish fervently that we had not lost anyone to that disease!
Thank you for your diligence to keep our people and each other safe.
I look forward to the day that your unmasked faces will again show the smiles that I know live behind them.
All the best, may the Good Lord bless and keep you in His Loving arms.
Karen L. Biggs
Thank you, Karen, for your faithful work at Menno Place over the past 9.5 years!
You have led in a way that has made us very proud of the care we give and the way you’ve improved the campus of care.
We pray that you will have a wonderful retirement as you continue to find ways to use your gifts for God’s glory and the benefit of those in need.
The Leadership Team
Join the Party! A LIVE Program Celebrating Team Members & Recognizing Longevity Service Awards. Thursday, Feb 16 @ 2:30 – 3:30pm
This month’s hymn is a All Creatures of our God and King. This inspiring expression of praise found in nearly every hymnal was originally written in 1225 by one of the most interesting figures in all of church history. Giovanni Bernardone, who was better known as Saint Francis of Assisi, was a medieval monk who spent his lifetime as an itinerant evangelist, preaching and helping the poor people of Italy.
Click to listen.
Please note the dates for the first and second vacation request cut-off timelines for the year 2023 are postponed to the following:
New schedules will be available to HCAs and Dietary team members by February 1st. Please DO NOT submit any vacation applications to the staffing office at this point unless you are requesting time off in January or February 2023.
If you have questions contact the Shop Steward, Megan Wadham: mewadham@telus.net
Thank you for your attention to this.
Jeanette Lee
Director, Human Resources
Menno Place
We are hiring!
As we grow in number of team members at Menno Place we are finding we are hiring staff with similar names at different sites. This can cause confusion as to who we, in Human Resources, are working with when we get emails from team members.
To ensure the proper documentation, leave requests, and emails are going to the right person, please record your Employee ID Number after your name in any email or paper documents you send to Human Resources. This will help expedite your request and ensure we apply your request to the right person.
Example: Jeanette Lee #354
Thanks so much.
Jeanette Lee
Director, Human Resources
Menno Place
