Puzzles To Remember: June 2010

Puzzles To Remember

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a youth led 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through jigsaw puzzles, cognitive engagement, and social connection. Led by Executive Director Hailey Richman, Puzzles To Remember has distributed more than 236,000 puzzles valued at over $2 million to more than 5,000 memory care communities, nursing homes, veterans facilities, senior centers, and other organizations across all 50 states and 16 countries. Our programs have benefited more than one million people while diverting approximately 148 tons of puzzles from landfills through donation and reuse. Puzzles To Remember also promotes intergenerational connection through Puzzle Time, which brings young people together with individuals living with dementia for shared puzzle solving, conversation, and companionship. Our mission is to provide engaging and purposeful activities that promote connection, participation, and joy while enhancing the quality of life of those affected by dementia. Donate Puzzles If you have puzzles you would like to donate, please contact us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com. We will help identify a location where your puzzles can benefit individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Donation acknowledgment letters are available upon request.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Thank You, O'Bryant Chemistry Honor Students!

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

PuzzlesToRemember wishes to thank the Chemistry Honor Students at the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, in Boston, for their contribution of puzzles for Alzheimer's patients. Your contribution was a very thoughtful and welcome gift. I will make sure the puzzles go to a facility where they can help many Alzheimer's patients.

Max Wallack is a student at Boston University Academy. His great grandmother, Gertrude, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER. PTR is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and veterans institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Update

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

This week, I was able to pack and ship out 18 big cartons of puzzles. There were between 200 and 250 puzzles included. That is the most puzzles ever shipped out in one week.

Springbok puzzles is currently testing their handmade dies that they have produced specifically to make puzzles to meet the needs of Alzheimer’s patients.

Max Wallack is a student at Boston University Academy. His great grandmother, Gertrude Finkelstein, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER , a 501(c.)3 charitable organization. PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and other institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Thank you to Women in Development of Greater Boston!

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

On May 19, I received the great honor of receiving the 2010 Young Philanthropist Award from the Women in Development of Greater Boston Organization.
I was honored at a Luncheon at the Collonade Hotel in Boston. In addition, a grant of $500 was awarded to PuzzlesToRemember to assist in the distribution of puzzles for Alzheimer’s patients.

Max Wallack is a student at Boston University Academy. His great grandmother, Gertrude Finkelstein, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER , a 501(c.)3 charitable organization. PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and other institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

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