Save The Date – Celebration of Life and Love! – June 23 – Buy a Butterfly
Celebration of Life – Memorial Service and Butterfly Release Date: Thursday, June 23 Time: Afternoon beginning at 2:30pm Location: Chapel and Courtyard We will be celebrating the lives of residents who passed away in the previous year along with honouring the life, friendship and legacy of those whom we continue to visit and love. This special […]
WHMIS 2016 Education – Have you done yours?
Have you done the WHMIS 2015 education? This is another reminder that all Menno Staff must complete this training. You can do it on Surge Learning – go to the mennostaff.com web site and logon there. Workshops will also be available in the fall. Deadline for completion – November 30, 2016
Salad in a Jar
Making a Meal Together! Thank you to Shawna Van Nuys for hosting a “Salad in a Jar” event on June 13. We had a great time creating a nutritious meal that will last 5 days in the fridge and is a quick and ready option when you work shift work or are on the run. […]
This Friday – Keeping Vigil: Journeying with Elders at the End of Life
Are you interested in supporting people at the end of their life? We invite you to join us for a training session to learn about how to provide spiritual support at the end of a person’s life. Staff are invited to come for all or part of the day. See the agenda below. Training: June […]
Annual Staff BBQ – You are invited! This Friday – 10am – 2pm
Come and have lunch… on us! It’s the Annual Staff BBQ! When: Friday, June 10th What time? 10am – 2pm Where: The Courtyard How much? Free! Who? All of the Staff at Menno Place!
Farewell Teas June 8 & 10
You are Invited! Farewell Tea for Ann Douglas – Private Pay Coordinator for Menno Apartments Wednesday June 8 at 2pm – 3pm – Fireside Cafe Farewell Tea for Rylee – Recreation Staff for Menno Apartments Friday June 10 at 2:30pm – Terrace East Dining Room
Home & Hospital Fire Drills
Menno Hospital – W2 Wednesday June 8 at 23:00 **TABLE TOP** Menno Home – W2 Wednesday June 8 at 23:30 **TABLE TOP**
Needed: Level 2 First Aid Attendant: Menno Home – How about YOU?
Menno Home requires a First Aid Level 2 Attendant If you are interested, please contact Jeanette Lee at jeanette.lee@mennoplace.ca or 604 859-7631 by June 10, 2016 The Employer pays for the course material and time in the course.
MSDS Binders
The MSDS binders have been updated and relocated to the following areas listed below. You will also be able to find all of these MSDS sheets available on SharePoint. Menno Home 1. Laundry Room 2. Kitchen Office 3. W1 Janitor Room (By Multipurpose Room) 4. E1 Janitor Room Menno Hospital 1. Centre Housekeeping Room 2. […]
Winners – Nurses Draw
Winners of the prizes from the Nurses Day draw: Menno Home – Gaby DeLorme, Leanna Beynon, Sandra Ramsey, and Allison Abbott Menno Hospital – Tammy R, Amrit S, Danielle R, Raj Bains Apts – Anne Douglas, Laura Keim
Get Active Challenge Winners
Congratulations to the following winners of our 3rd GET ACHIVE Challenge! Carrie MacIntosh Am Purewal Jake Lee You have won $125 gift cards to SPORTCHEK. Pick up at the Executive Assistant Office. Stay Active and have a Great Summer! The Health and Wellness Committee
Equitable Life Insurance of Canada – ENews
For employees of HOME, MBS and APARTMENTS Equitable Life is partnering with NexgenRx to provide plan members with a convenient new option for submitting paramedical and vision claims in real time. With this new option, vision care providers and paramedical practitioners, such as massage therapists and chiropractors, can submit claims directly to Equitable Life using […]
Celebrating Nurses Day! Thursday, May 12th!
Thank you to the nurses who serve our residents with joy… Please join us for soup and a bun in the staff lunchroom on Thursday, May 12th. There will also be some prize draws, so make sure you enter your name!
WHO is safer than a 5th Grader?
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week Are You Safer than a 5th Grader – Draw Prize Winners! Congratulations to the following team members…. Gail Minosky – First Aid Kit Susan Hart – Lunch at Fire Side Café Laura Fast – Walking Sticks You can pick up your prizes from Jeanette’s office – Hospital W1 […]
Biometric Hand Scanner Moving – Terrace Apartments
Effective May 10th at 12pm the hand punch time clock and the key box will be moving to Terrace West 2nd floor outside of the staff room.
New Team Members… Welcome!
Here’s another eager group of new team members! If you recognize any of them, please wish them a warm welcome! Simon – Grounds Andrew – Grounds Sofia – HCA Naomi – Housekeeping Mandela – HCA Gurpreet – HCA Jodie – Food Services Rebecca – Recreation Taylor – HCA Almus – HCA Syam – HCA Daisy […]
Salad in a Jar Workshop
Make & Take “Salad in a Jar” Workshop When: May 30 @ 3:15pm Where: Menno Hospital Recreation room Cost: $5 plus bring any pint / 500ml widemouth jar Benefits: Stays fres for 5 days! Can be customized for ANY eating plan / allergies Choices! Flavour combos are endless! Calorie Cutter! Know what you are eating! […]
Best Ever Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Bars
Click to download printable PDF of the recipe A Great Big THANK YOU to the Menno Home Kitchen Staff For providing a healthy, delicious snack on May 4th in honor of Occupational Safety and Health Week! For all those who enjoyed this snack, Angela and Laura have graciously shared the recipe. Enjoy! Best Ever Chocolate […]
Hymn Stories – May 2024
/in Important Update, NewsFew hymns paint such a vivd picture of God’s love as this one by Samuel Trevor Francis. Find out more about the hymn, O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, and how its author experienced the mercy of God.
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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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Hymn 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.
Stop and Think – Managing Your Mood
/in News, Not Myself TodayCORky’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 […]
Hymn 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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