Puzzles To Remember: Philips Healthcare Donates 148 Puzzles

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.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Philips Healthcare Donates 148 Puzzles

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

Philips Healthcare in Andover MA has taken on collecting puzzles for PuzzlesToRemember as an important project. Yesterday, they donated 148 puzzles. They have also publicized the cause on their internal website, and employees from many departments have been contributing.

In January, I will have the opportunity to visit their company and give a presentation about PuzzlesToRemember and, possibly, about some of the Alzheimer’s research I am doing at Boston Medical Center. The Philips employees have decided to continue collecting puzzles, showing their commitment to help patients who can benefit from this activity.

Below is a photo of the puzzles Philips Corporation donated yesterday. Even the soccer ball can be useful as tossing a ball around the room is often used as a physical therapy exercise for 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.