Puzzles To Remember: November 2018

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.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Puzzle Time Program Growing and Expanding

by
Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

We are so pleased to share that the Puzzle Time Program is growing.

In addition to New York, our United States chapters are in: Oregon, Florida, and California.
International chapters include: Russia, China, South Africa, Greece, Spain, Israel, India, Brazil and Japan.

Please let us know if you would like to set up a Puzzle Time Program in your city by contacting
Hailey at: puzzletimeprogram@gmail.com.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Today's Puzzle Time in New York City

by
Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

Enjoy these photos from today's Puzzle Time at the 80th Street Residence in New York City.

The residents certainly seem to be enjoying themselves, while CBS News, Fox News, and ABC News were quite intrigued.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Puzzle Time

Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

We now have a new program called Puzzle Time. Young people and seniors in nursing facilities are brought together and spend time solving puzzles. We are supplying the puzzles for this program, and crediting community service hours to students and girl scouts who participate. Numerous high schools have already signed up to participate. Hailey is working on a video to train the students on how best to go about their interactions with the nursing home residents.

Last week, we brought Springbok Alzheimer's puzzles to a memory care facility. The participating residents had a wonderful time solving the puzzles. We had a lot of conversations about the themes, which ranged from birds to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

We want to thank Springbok Puzzles, once again, for their continuing support of our efforts to provide therapeutic puzzles for those with various levels of dementia.