Join us for the Menno Place Butterfly Release on Friday, June 13 at 2:30pm, following our annual memorial service where we’ll be honouring those who have passed since June 2024. Click for details on how you can pre-purchase your butterfly!
Every year on Mother’s Day our campus is flooded with beautiful floral arrangements that bring joy to residents all over Menno Place. If you’re thinking about gifting flowers this year we wanted to remind you of a couple of guidelines.
Our 100 active volunteers have already contributed nearly 2,000 hours in 2025
Date: April 23, 2025
To: All Residents of Menno Apartments
Re: Air Conditioners
Dear Residents of Pavilion, Terrace West, Terrace East, and Primrose Gardens,
Warmer weather is just around the corner and it’s time to think about air conditioners. The common areas of each apartment building – the dining rooms, hallways and lounges – are air conditioned, but individual apartments are not.
Please note the following process for getting your air conditioner installed. (If you want to get an air conditioner, see below for the details.)
Installations are scheduled to begin on May 5th. Our plan is to complete this project before the May long weekend. Removals are tentatively scheduled for after Thanksgiving (approximately mid-October). We will communicate our disconnect plans closer to the date.
For any requests for installations received after April 30th, we will process them when our maintenance team has time.
Please contact the Life Enrichment Team at 604-851-4004 with any questions.
Leonard Klassen,
Manager of Community Enrichment
AIR CONDITIONERS AT MENNO APARTMENTS
Please note the following important information:
This is your chance to say thank you to the visitation hosts before the program ends at the end of April.
Fraser Valley Fire Protection will be on our campus April 11 – 17 to conduct our annual fire equipment inspection as required by code. For residents in the apartments a technician will need to enter each apartment. The technician will be wearing a uniform shirt with the Fraser Valley Fire Protection logo on it. Residents do not need to do anything during the test and can stay in their apartment while the test takes place. The test is brief but it can be loud. Residents are asked to remain seated during the test and keep out of the way of the technician.
Please note these tests will cause the fire alarms to sound briefly. They may also cause the fire panels to beep. The bells will turn on and off quickly. In the event of an actual fire alarm the bells would sound and keep ringing.
Announcements will be made in each apartment building at lunch to remind the residents. Each day that the technicians are here they will begin around 8am and work their way through each building floor by floor. We are not able to predict when they will reach each room. For the apartments the testing usually lasts most of the day.
The schedule for 2025 is:
If you have any questions for Menno Home and Menno Hospital please contact Garry Janzen. For the apartments please contact Leonard Klassen.
National Caregiver’s Day recognizes the incredible commitment, hard work, and heart of these caregivers. We see it on our campus every day.
Staff are no longer required to wear a medical mask in resident care spaces and places where residents gather. Masking may be required on a case-by-case basis if deemed necessary on the basis of a point of care risk assessment, as per Menno Place’s infection prevention and control policy.
Visitors are welcome in all buildings on our campus. They are asked to refrain from visiting if they are sick. Visitors must still sanitize their hands for residents and staff safety.
Thank you all for your commitment to our residents and their safety.
Date: March 27, 2025
To: Family and Contacts of Menno Apartment Residents
Re: Update on our new TV and WiFi system at Menno Apartments
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Dear Family and Contacts of Menno Apartment Residents,
Our switch over to our new TV and WiFi system is almost complete. At this time I wanted to update you on what has changed and ask for your help to support your loved one as they get used to the new system.
Our residents may need help to:
As always, the LEA team will be available to assist during regular hours, but with everyone switching over at the same time, your support will speed this process up significantly.
All suites have received a brand new set-top box with a new remote. This new box is an app-based smart TV set-up. In other words, it is now possible to log into apps like Netflix or YouTube directly through the TV box. Navigating the system is slightly different. We have distributed a cheat sheet and an updated list of channels to every suite.
Unfortunately, our local channel is no longer “Channel 10”; it is now a “Local Camera” App accessed directly from the home screen. But rest assured, our Menno TV Channel is still live and available. The Telus TV cheat sheet has instructions on how to access it along with pictures of what the new screen looks like.
The new remotes have one additional feature we haven’t announced to the residents yet. There is a Google Assistant button that allows voice control of the remote. Feel free to assist your family member/friend if you feel this will benefit them.
Lastly, the new system allows devices connected in the suite to cast to the TV. I’m sure this feels intuitive to the younger generation, so feel free to utilize this feature if you want to show your loved ones some pictures from your phone via casting.
I want to thank the Telus technicians for their work on this over the past few weeks, and my Life Enrichment team members who are doing what they can to assist with learning a new system. Please join me in expressing my thanks to them when you see them.
Click here to download the Telus TV Cheat Sheet
Click here to down the updated List of Channels
The other major component of our upgrade is a completely updated WiFi network. To summarize, every apartment now has their own private network with their own password to access the internet. This will allow devices such as smart speakers, wireless printers, WiFi enabled smart plugs, Google Home devices, Alexa, etc. to properly connect and be used.
My team has distributed a print-out to each suite that has the unique password for that suite. (You can see an example of this here.) Every member of the Life Enrichment team has access to the passwords and we can very quickly print a new one or provide you with the information you need. Please note that the new network is called “Menno Place Resident WiFi” (do NOT use Menno Place Residents any longer). Each suite has the password written out, along with a QR code for quick access. Again, I would appreciate your assistance in getting your loved ones’ devices on this new network. (The old network will be taken offline soon.)
Thanks for your support.
I have repeatedly heard appreciation for Menno Apartments providing the telecommunication services for our residents. I trust this will continue to be the case. Currently, I’m asking for your assistance in helping our residents learn to navigate the new systems. My team is grateful when we see a child/grandchild or friend assisting someone in connecting to the internet. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Life Enrichment team with further questions.
Leonard Klassen,
Manager of Community Enrichment
