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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, July 1, 2012

Puzzle Club Donates to PuzzlesToRemember

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By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

I was recently contacted by Becki, who lives near Jackson, Tennessee.  Becki is part of a group called the New Jacksonian Jigsaw Junkies.  Over the past 20 years, this group has amassed over 500 jigsaw puzzles.  Storage space is getting tight, and they would now like to donate their puzzles to PuzzlesToRemember.

I have located about a dozen facilities in the Jackson area to which they will bring puzzles.  Becki told me one of the members had gone to the Veteran’s Home in Humboldt and noticed that there were jigsaw puzzles set up on the tables in their activity room.  I was happy to hear this since I had sent puzzles to that facility about a year ago.  It’s good to know they are being used to help our veterans!

I will be supplying the members of the puzzle club with donation letters so that each member can receive a tax donation for the puzzles they donate.
 
If there are other puzzle groups out there who would like to donate their puzzles, please contact me at the email on the bottom of this page.




Max Wallack is a student at Boston University.  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 4:25 PM

3 Comments:

Adrian said...

Cannot find your email. I have hundreeds of puzzles to donate. I live in the state of washington. Let me know if you are interested. The puzzles are still new and wrapped. Thanks. Adrian

July 28, 2012 at 6:35 AM  
Max Wallack said...

My email is at the bottom of the page:

PuzzlesToRemember@gmail.com

I would be very happy to have your puzzles donated to PuzzlesToRemember. If you wish, I can give you the names of several facilities in your area to which you can bring your puzzles, and I can provide you with a tax donation letter.
Thanks,
Max

July 28, 2012 at 9:21 PM  
Max Wallack said...

My email is at the bottom of the page:

PuzzlesToRemember@gmail.com

I would be very happy to have your puzzles donated to PuzzlesToRemember. If you wish, I can give you the names of several facilities in your area to which you can bring your puzzles, and I can provide you with a tax donation letter.
Thanks,
Max

July 28, 2012 at 9:21 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