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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.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Maryland Sorority Provides Services for Seniors with Dementia.

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By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember
 
A few months ago, I was contacted by Vivian Hughes the community service coordinator with Pi Omicron Zeta Carroll County Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority , Inc. They are the Graduate chapter located in Carroll County Maryland.  One of the sorority’s national initiatives is elder care.  

This chapter was in the process of organizing a community service event to be held  at West End Adult Day Care in Westminter, MD.  This center provides services for seniors with dementia.   Ms Hughes asked if my organization, PuzzlesToRemember, could send her some puzzles for the clients of the center, so  puzzles were sent for their event.   

We just received the following response:


“The puzzles you sent me were presented along with donated items from AARP, local business and national elder care organization to the center. We enjoyed being able to interact with the clients of the center.  I just wanted to let you know that we did complete our initial project,that we had intended to do back in February during our state conference and will continue to partner with West End Place in the future.” 

Here are a few photos from the event:


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Max Wallack graduated from Boston University and worked as a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine.  He is currently a student at Harvard Medical School.  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
 

Posted by Max Wallack at 8:57 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