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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.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Donation of Springbok PuzzlesToRemember to the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation

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By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

 On September 23, the Caregiver Action Network presented Leeza Gibbons and Elizabeth Dole with the Hands on Help Award.

Leeza Gibbons was honored for her work with the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation, and she was presented with 150 Springbok PuzzlesToRemember for use with Alzheimer's and Dementia patients.

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Max Wallack is a student at Boston University and a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine.  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. Max is also a coauthor of "Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator?  An Explanation of Alzheimer's Disease for Children."

Posted by Max Wallack at 9:52 AM

1 Comment:

Kristin said...

I love what you are doing... I've promoted your book via my @PrevAlzheimers handle and like you am motivated to do this kind of thing after seeing how it affected loved ones. I am also a mom diagnosed with MS and so have my own reasons for wanting to know about taking REALLY good care of my brain (and my childrens brains too!). Thank you for all that you are doing, it is inspiring and I love your PuzzlesToRemember project, I'll definitely get and give some.

Kristin
@StrawberryTech

November 22, 2013 at 10:56 PM  

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PUZZLES TO REMEMBER was founded in 2008 by Max Wallack, in memory of his great-grandmother, Gertrude Finkelstein, who died of Alzheimer's disease in 2007.
Puzzles To Remember is registered in Massachusetts as a public charity. Contributions are welcome, and are tax deductible under sec. 501(c.)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For more information, write to us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com