Entries by Danielle Kinvig

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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Menno Place and the Abbotsford State of Emergency – November 17, 2021

November 17, 2021 – Update re: State of Emergency in Abbotsford and Menno Place Menno Place and our residents are safe with no risk of flooding in our buildings. We have no break in our supply lines. Some staff who live in other communities such as Mission or Chilliwack have been stranded. Some are staying […]

Vancouver Sun Article with Karen Biggs, CEO

COVID-19: B.C. care providers fear 10 per cent staff exodus over mandatory vaccinations The CEO of an Abbotsford seniors care complex fears a loss of staff unless provincial health officials promptly apply the mandatory vaccination to hospital staff and community-based health care workers, too. Menno Place is bracing for staffing problems on Oct. 12, when […]

Menno Home Outbreak – September 8, 2021

This past week, Menno Home was declared on COVID outbreak. Menno Home is one of six buildings on the 11 acre Menno Place campus of care.   At this time, all four of the neighborhoods within the Menno Home building are cohorted. This means that staff only work in their one specific unit with separate […]