Beatitudes Community

Transporting Resident Equipment Reminder

We are happy to do all we can to meet your transportation needs. However, Beatitudes Campus is not responsible for any damage incurred to residents’ personal property during transit. It is the responsibility of the resident to keep any fragile or valuable items safely secured either on their person or left behind for safe travel. Residents that use walkers, scooters or power chairs need to have them cleared out of personal belongings and ready to be properly stowed by staff. Please only take the necessary items that you require. Note that items like baskets and cup holders are always vulnerable to breakage no matter who is transporting them for which Beatitudes cannot take responsibility. As always, we do our best to care for you and your possessions.

Transportation Updates

Due to current, safety and health concerns, campus transportation has reverted to Safeway for our weekly shopping trips and will continue with them until further notice. Some of the reasons we switched from Fry’s to Safeway are issues with safety, unwanted solicitation around the entrance to the store, lack of available assistance from employees/management, constant unavailable carts to use and most importantly cleanliness during our current Covid19 pandemic.

PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOU

As you may already know, the Beatitudes Campus has received a $30,000 grant to be used for our current and future on-campus transportation needs. The new Patio Homes (now under construction) and the future Promenade Apartments will add a large number of new residents, many of whom may require transportration help to reach various facilities on campus, not to mention current residents with similar needs.  We have created a sub- committee of the Transportation Committee consisting of residents Sherwin Block, Kay Baker, Jim Plaster and Bob Telleen, plus staff members David Ragan and Barbara Wood to deal with these issues.  We’ll need  your help down the road, so stay tuned for details of the program as they become available.

 

Big Bus News

The time has come for the large transportation bus to head to the mechanic to have the new engine installed. Starting Monday July 23rd, the bus will be down for approximately  two to three weeks. Please be patient during this process and remember to call in your reservations for ALL outings as seating will be limited to 14 people per trip. All trips will require residents to call x12905 for reservations.*

 

Transportation Update

Hey Beatitudes—GREAT NEWS! We are proud to announce that the Transportation Department has been given approval to revamp the 29 passenger bus, which will include repowering the bus with a brand new Cummins engine. This will take care of the issues we have experienced in the past and allow us to explore the Phoenix Metro area with piece of mind. We do ask that you be patient with us during this process; we hope the bus will be fully functional by the middle of July. It is even more important to make sure you call x12905 for your reservations as we will only have the smaller buses at our disposal.

Even more GREAT NEWS! The Transportation Committee, along with a recommendation from the Life Enrichment Committee, has decided to reduce the number of reservations needed for off-campus outings from a 9-person minimum to a 5-person minimum on a 6-month trial basis. This means that for off-campus outings that are scheduled by the Life Enrichment Committee, we will only need to meet the 5-person minimum for trips that are out of the no-minimum zone.

No-Minimum Zone – what could that be? This new rectangular no-minimum zone has a perimeter including the I-17 on the west, Peoria Ave. on the north, Hwy 51 on the east and McDowell Rd. on the south. This means the Life Enrichment Committee can schedule any off- campus trip within this area with any number of reservations. We hope these changes will increase the number of our off-campus trips. These changes would not have happened without your voices. Changes will happen at Beatitudes if you keep sharing your ideas with the Residents Council and its various committees.*