Thank You to the Daughters of the American Revolution!

By Max Wallack

Puzzles to Remember

Yesterday I received a National Founders Award, the Mary Desha Medal for Youth, from the Daughters of the American Revolution for "Exemplary Service to Community, State, or Nation."

I want to thank the Daughters of the American Revolution for bestowing this great honor upon me.  Even more than that, I want to thank the Daughters of the American Revolution for being there for me over the past 5 or 6 years.    

I first was first contacted, at about age 14, to receive a local community service award for my work on behalf of Alzheimer’s patients.  When I left that meeting, several members came over to me and told me that I am part of their family now and they will always be there to help me, and they have remained true to their words.  The Daughters of the American Revolution have collected and supplied puzzles to my organization, PuzzlesToRemember, on several occasions.  They have remained in contact, always offering their friendship and support.

I know am very fortunate to have the support of such wonderful people.

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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