Puzzles To Remember: Craigslist Helps Locate Puzzles for Alzheimer's Patients

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.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Craigslist Helps Locate Puzzles for Alzheimer's Patients

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

One day last week, I was just perusing Craigslist when I noticed that a man named James, in a neighboring town, was moving and willing to give away 24 puzzles he had stored in his attic.

I contacted James. Not only was he willing to donate his puzzles to PuzzlesToRemember, he also offered to set up a collection bin at his local library.

Thank you, James. Your puzzles will provide great comfort to many Alzheimer's patients. Thank you also for your willingness to continue helping PuzzlesToRemember by collecting puzzles at your library!

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.