Puzzles To Remember: Award Presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution

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, March 5, 2011

Award Presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

Today, I was asked to give a presentation about PuzzlesToRemember to the Wayside Inn chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I think they were really interested in PuzzlesToRemember and happy to hear about the large number of veterans’ facilities for Alzheimer’s patients that have received puzzles.

They awarded me their chapter’s Community Service Award and donated 63 puzzles to my cause. They informed me that I will be receiving their state Community Service Award at a ceremony at the end of March.

I thank them for their gracious hospitality.

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.