By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember
Lately, I have been hearing from many people who say they have stacks of jigsaw puzzles that they are no longer using. These puzzles could be helping many people with Early Cognitive Impairment and those with Alzheimer’s disease.
What I have been doing is finding facilities in each person’s area where they can bring their jigsaw puzzles. I also send each person a donation letter which lists how many puzzles they are donating, and they are able to take the value of these puzzles as a tax donation.
Everyone wins!
If you have jigsaw puzzles to donate, please email me at PuzzlesToRemember@gmail.com.
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.
What a wonderful idea, I have lots of puzzles at home and would gladly give them to such a great cause.
Thank you so much! I have been wondering where all my puzzles might do the most good; I will be contacting you for the information.
I am not that old, nor do I have Alzheimer's but I have enjoyed putting puzzles together since I was a kid. For me it is a form of meditation as I love to put them together in total silence. I have over 50 puzzles in my basement that I have been stacking up to sell at a yard sale. Now that I know I can donate them to a place where other people will enjoy them as much as I did, I can't wait to donate them. Thank you Max for caring, what an amazing person you must be.
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