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Puzzles To Remember

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a 501(c)3 organization that provides puzzles to nursing homes, veterans facilities, and other facilities that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. Dr. Max Wallack founded Puzzles To Remember in 2008, and continues to act as an advisor and mentor. Hailey Richman is the Executive Director of PuzzlesToRemember. Since 2011, Hailey has been distributing puzzles to nursing facilities around the globe. Hailey is also the founder of KidCaregivers.com, where she provides advice for children dealing with dementia in their family members. Hailey has begun an international program called PuzzleTime which involves pairing youth members with people with Alzheimer's for an hour of shared jigsaw puzzle solving. Dr. Max Wallack serves as a mentor to the KidCaregivers program.

If you have puzzles that you would like to donate, please contact us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com and we will find a location near you where you can bring your puzzles. We can also provide you with a donation letter so that you can claim the value of your puzzles as a tax deduction.

To see a short video from WCVB Ch. 5 "BOSTON STRONG" about Max's efforts on behalf of Alzheimer's patients, click here.

To see a short video about Hailey's Puzzle Time Program, click here.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Springbok Donates Puzzles To An Additional 100 Alzheimer’s facilities!

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By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember





Springbok’s PuzzlesToRemember are receiving great reviews. Springbok is a wonderful company to work with, and they make a quality product. This week I gave them a list of 100 Alzheimer’s facilities across the country, and next week they will be donating puzzles and shipping them to all 100 facilities. In addition, they are making donations to organizations that are conducting important research on Alzheimer’s disease.

These puzzles are helping many people. Here is the latest feedback I received:

“My mother is becoming more confident as she now solves the 12 piece puzzles with ease and is ready for "harder stuff". (I have also noticed her confidence level to have increased in general life since she feels good about herself...( a simple act of puzzle-solving makes her feel great overall -amazing).”

In April, Springbok will produce three new images for Springbok’s PuzzlesToRemember. You can view or order their current images here.
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.

Posted by Max Wallack at 6:53 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