AP 3.18 Sick Leave Policy Update
Changes to Employment Standards Act (ESA) – 5 Paid Sick Days The BC government has amended the Employment Standards Act (ESA) to expand the availability of paid personal illness or injury leave to cover all employees, including casual employees, after 90 consecutive days of employment. The amendments became effective March 31, 2022 and a notice […]
Volunteer Week 2022 #EmpathyinAction
It’s been two years since we had to close our doors to our precious volunteers and we’re thrilled to welcome back such an integral part of our team and community! Our volunteers help residents thrive socially, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Welcome back and thank you for putting #EmpathyInAction!
Easter Colouring Contest Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the Easter colouring contest draw!
Volume 2022.06 – Changes to Employment Standards Act (ESA) – 5 Paid Sick Days
The BC government has amended the Employment Standards Act (ESA) to expand the availability of paid personal illness or injury leave to cover all employees, including casual employees, after 90 consecutive days of employment. The amendments became effective March 31, 2022. The ESA allows all employees (casual and regular) up to five (5) days of […]
Love It or Hate It – Winner
Congratulations to Mary Jane Vallee, Resident Care Coordinator at Menno Home – the winner of the Cherry Blossoms! As she said “they remind me of spring, and after melting snow trickling down the street”. Enjoy Mary Jane!
Hymn Stories – April 2022
Penned in 1913 by George Bennard, this month’s hymn is “The Old Rugged Cross”. Bennard was convinced that the cross was more than just a religious symbol, but rather, the very heart of the gospel. This hymn became one of the most widely published songs, either sacred or secular, in the United States.
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The First Cohort of Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) are Graduating!
Congratulations to the HCSWs who are currently graduating from the Health Care Aid program sponsored through the Health Care Access Program! Here are two of the grads, Lifta Daniels and Sherry Puittinen from Menno Home. They are both excited about getting started in their new careers at Menno Home. If you are interested in applying […]
Easter Colouring Contest
The Health and Wellness Committee is sponsoring an Easter colouring contest for kids and the young at heart. To Enter: Download a colouring sheet using the links below and get colouring. Fill out the contact info at the bottom of the colouring sheet. Return your completed page to Jeanette Lee by 4pm on Wednesday April […]
Rapid Tests Available For All 18 and Older
It’s time for everyone to get their free rapid tests. Starting Wednesday, March 23, 2022, everyone in Canada aged 18 or older can pick up free rapid test at their local pharmacy. Pick up a test kit while you are feeling well so you’ll have it on hand if you develop symptoms. Read more here: […]
Love It or Hate It: Cherry Blossoms
Do these bring back good memories? If you love Cherry Blossoms let us know and you may be the lucky winner! Email jeanette.lee@mennoplace.ca to enter a draw if you love them. Draw ends March 31 @ 10am.
Welcome to the Team: Linda Weatherly
Please welcome Linda Weatherly as the newest member of the leadership team at Menno Place in the role of Manager of Therapeutic Recreation and Volunteer Services.
Wear Green on St. Patrick’s Day!
Let’s celebrate with our Irish colleagues and wear green on Thursday, March 17th
Hymn Stories – March 2022
🎼 Praise God, it’s March! Our hymn of the month is the Doxology by Bishop Thomas Ken and Louis Bourgeois. The four lines of the Doxology have been the most frequently sung words of any known song for more than three hundred years!
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Thank you to all who provide Recreation Therapy at Menno Place!
Thank a Recreation Therapist for their meaningful and important contribution to quality of life for the residents of Menno Place!
MEMO: Coverage When Working Short
Menno Place makes every effort to staff a full roster of care staff every shift. At times, there may be a shortage of workers due to unexpected illness, last minute call ins or an injury. To ensure the safety of the residents and staff who are working, the following practice is followed: Depending on the […]
Hymn Stories – February 2022
🎼 It’s February and our hymn of the month is Come, Thou Fount by Robert Robinson. Written in 1758, the story behind this hymn is both beautiful and tragic. Thank you, Lord, for your “streams of mercy, never ceasing”!
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Team Member Appreciation Event 2022
We are grateful for YOU! Join us for lunch on Feb 17 or 18.
Welcome to our Resident & Family Centred Care Project Lead, Michelle Merkel
Menno Place welcomes Michelle Merkel, Resident and Family Centred Care Project Lead. Click to read more about the project and Michelle’s leadership experience…
Wear Red for Valentine’s Day
On February 14th celebrate caring for each other by wearing red and enjoy some treats in all staff rooms.
Hymn Stories – April 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis poem, written by an Irish woman named Jean Sophia Pigott, became the favorite hymn of J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China. Find out how the hymn Jesus, I am Resting, Resting helped strengthen the faith of an overwhelmed man near breakdown.
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Hymn Stories – March 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThe authors of the this month’s modern hymn are committed to creating a more timeless musical style that every generation can sing. Find out more about In Christ Alone by Keith & Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townsend.
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Hymn Stories – February 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis month’s hymn is Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty penned by English minister, Reginald Heber, in the early 19th century. Heber was a gifted poet and hymnist who faithfully served his small congregation. After his death, his widow discovered he had written over 50 hymns. She succeeded in publishing his work and brought them to the forefront of the Christian community.
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Hymn Stories – January 2024
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary’s hymn is Trusting Jesus. This textually and musically simple expression of child-like trust in Jesus has met the daily spiritual needs of many of God’s people to the present time.
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Nominate a Team Member! Team Appreciation!
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary 25th will be a celebration of Service Awards and three categories of awards for staff members who are nominated for three awards recognizing Outstanding Contribution – click here to find out more
Hymn Stories – December 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoy is the keynote of the entire Advent season, especially for the Christian, who realizes its spiritual significance – God Himself invading this world and providing a means whereby sinful man might live eternally. Joy to the World is generally considered to be one of the most joyous Christmas hymns in existence, not in the sense of merry-making, but in the deep and solemn realization of what Christ’s birth has meant to mankind. Find out more about this hymn by Isaac Watts.
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Hymn Stories – November 2023
/in Important Update, NewsI am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus is one of the child-like, but beautiful expressions from the soul of the esteemed English poetess, Frances Ridley Havergal, often referred to as “the Sweetest Voice of Hymnody.” Find out more about this hymn!
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Time Change Sunday November 5
/in Apartments, Events, HOME, HOSPITAL, Important Update, NewsDaylight Savings ENDS on Sunday November 5 at 2am.
Hymn Stories – October 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe writer of Count Your Blessings, Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr., was one of the important and prolific gospel song writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – September 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe Love of God, written and composed by Frederick M. Lehman by 1919, has its roots in a Jewish poem, written in Germany in the eleventh century. The Jewish poem, Hadamut, in the Aramaic language, has ninety couplets. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – August 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe beloved gospel hymn, All The Way My Savior Leads Me, written by Franny Crosby was the expression of gratitude to God after a direct and peculiar answer to prayer. Find out more about this hymn!
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Talking Openly
/in News, Not Myself TodayHymn Stories – July 2023
/in Important Update, NewsWritten and published in 1833, O Worship the King, is considered one of the finest hymns from the early nineteenth century Romantic Era. It has often been called a model hymn for worship. Find out more about this hymn and its author, Robert Grant.
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Hymn Stories – June 2023
/in Important Update, NewsIt was in 1912 that C. Austin Miles was asked to write a hymn text that would be “sympathetic in tone, breathing tenderness in every line; one that would bring hope to the hopeless, rest for the weary, and downy pillows to dying beds.” Find out more about In The Garden.
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Hymn Stories – May 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, which is sung to the music of Beethoven’s “Hymn of Joy”, is generally considered by hymnologists to be one of the most joyous expressions of hymn lyrics in the English language. Find out more about this hymn inspired by the Berkshire mountains!
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COR Audit starts Monday!
/in COR, Important Update, NewsAre you ready if the auditor speaks to you? Review the Health & Safety Audit questions and answers! The audit takes place May 1 – 3, 2023.
CORky’s Back! – The COR Questions & Answers
/in COR, Important Update, NewsOn May 1 – 3, 2023, Menno Place will be having our annual COR Health & Safety Audit. You may be asked to meet with the auditor. Let’s all be ready! Watch your email over the coming weeks for review questions and answers to strengthen your COR knowledge.
SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT – THE COR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/in COR, News“You’re going to fly through this!” – CORky, the SAFETY HERO May 1-3, 2023 If you don’t know the answer, say, “I would ask my supervisor” Review the key COR questions: RESPONSIBLILTY Can you describe your health and safety responsibilities? Protect my health and safety and the health and safety of others Follow established safe work […]
Addressing Stress
/in News, Not Myself TodayHymn Stories – April 2023
/in Important Update, NewsChrist the Lord is Risen Today was written by Charles Wesley in 1739 for the first chapel service held in a deserted iron foundry in London, England, which later became known as the Foundry Meeting House. Find out more about this hymn!
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