Please Do Not Park in the Roundabout by Menno Hospital

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To: All Friends, Family and Guests of Menno Place
From: Maintenance Team
Date: May 28, 2025
Re: Please do not park in the roundabout by Menno Hospital

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To all friends, family, staff and guests of Menno Place,

We kindly ask that you refrain from parking in the roundabout area in front of Menno Hospital. We have noticed vehicles parking in the yellow loading zone along the sidewalk between Menno Hospital and Terrace West. Keeping this space clear is essential for the safe and efficient access of first responders, hospital transfers, and the Menno Place bus, which transports our residents. If you need to park in this area please use the available parking stalls only.

Your cooperation helps us provide the best care and service possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Mother’s Day Flowers – May 11, 2025

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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.

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National Volunteer Week 2025: Volunteers Make Waves

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Our 100 active volunteers have already contributed nearly 2,000 hours in 2025

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Celebrating Easter

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Send Your Thanks to the Visitation Hosts

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This is your chance to say thank you to the visitation hosts before the program ends at the end of April.

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Fire Equipment Safety Testing Apr 11-17, 2025

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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:

  • Friday, April 11, 2025, starting at 8:00 AM: Menno Hospital
  • Monday, April 14, 2025, starting at 8:00 AM: Pavilion
  • Tuesday, April 15, 2025, starting at 8:00 AM: Terrace East and West
  • Wednesday, April 16, 2025, starting at 8:00 AM: Primrose Gardens
  • Thursday, April 17, 2025, starting at 8:00 AM: Menno Home

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 in Canada

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National Caregiver’s Day recognizes the incredible commitment, hard work, and heart of these caregivers. We see it on our campus every day.

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Effective Immediately: Staff & Visitors, No longer required to wear masks

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Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, has officially declared the end of the 2024-2025 respiratory illness season. Staff and visitors are no longer required to wear a mask in resident spaces.

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.

Family Council – Expression of Interest

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We would like to extend a huge thank you to all Menno Home and Menno Hospital families who were able to attend our recent Family Council Information Session on March 20th, 2025. We appreciate the enthusiasm expressed and look forward to supporting the start-up of a family-led Family Council here. For those who were not able to attend the Information Session, we encourage you to kindly take a moment to review the PDF linked below and consider participating in the start-up of a new Menno Place Family Council.

Family Council Information Session PDF

At this point, we are asking for an expression of interest from family members and friends who may be able to lend a leadership hand in getting the new family-led Family Council up and running. This initial process of kick-starting the council will only take about 1-3 hours of your time over the next month.

If you are interested in supporting our Family Council in this capacity, please reply directly to either Kim or Dan at the email addresses below by April 30, 2025. Lisa Dawson, Interim Chair of Fraser Coastal Association of Family Councils, will then reach out to this group to provide support and guidance. The next step will be to have the pre-inaugural family group meet with Lisa virtually to confirm structure, governance and promotion of the new council.

The involvement of Menno Home and Hospital family members and friends is crucial as we move forward, and we are excited about the potential of this Family Council! Thank you once more for your attention to this initiative. We look forward to hearing from interested parties!

Kim Wiebe kim.wiebe@mennoplace.ca (604)851-1361
Dan Janzen dan.janzen@mennoplace.ca (604)851-1350

Road Resurfacing on Primrose Street Starting March 24

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To: All Menno Place Staff, Residents, and Visitors
From: Bas Kervel, Director of Support Services
Date: March 21, 2025
Re: Road Resurfacing on Primrose Street and Surrounding Area Starting March 24

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The city of Abbotsford will be in our area to complete road resurfacing from March 24 – 29, weather permitting.

The road works will affect Wildwood, Primrose, Wilerose, Brundige, Kay and Stevenson as marked on the map below. During the period of work the roads will be limited to local traffic only and NO STREET PARKING will be permitted.

Staff, residents, and visitors should expect delays and plan accordingly.  If you need to pick up a resident from Terrace East during this time it may be easier to enter through the main doors of Terrace West.

Please remember to keep a safe distance from equipment working on the road and follow all direction given by traffic control persons.