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Please congratulate the I’m Still Here
2023-2024 Grant winners.
Joy’s House – Indianapolis, IN – “Want to Clay?”
Marion Council on Aging – Marion, MA – “Marion Waterfront Memory Café Community
Excursions”**
Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living – Vineyard Haven, MA – “I’m Still Here Foster Pet Home”
Ohio Living Foundation – Westerville, OH – “Therapeutic Drumming for Dementia”
Silverbright Circle – New Rochelle, NY – “Libro de Arte Para Nosotros/ Art Book for Us”
University of Washington Medicine's Memory and Brain Wellness Center – Seattle, WA –
"S.O.A.R. (Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience)” Hikes
Windrush Farms – North Andover, MA – “Field Trips to Windrush Farms”**
**A working title.
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THE I’M STILL HERE FOUNDATION
WINS $25,000 FROM MAUDE’S AWARDS
MAUDE’S AWARDS RECOGNIZES INNOVATION IN ALZHEIMER’S
AND DEMENTIA CARE
SEATTLE, WA – The 3
RD
Annual Maude’s Award
recipients were announced on September 16
th
. Three
organizations received $25,000 each and five
individuals received $5,000 each.
Maude’s Awards was created to enrich the quality of life
for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related
dementias and their care partners. It provides monetary
awards to organizations and individuals for innovations
excelling in one of the categories of care found here:
The Awards – Maude's Awards (maudesawards.org)
The I’m Still Here Foundation (ISH) redefines what it
means to live with dementia, replacing the
predominant “despair” narrative with one of “hope.”
The I’m Still Here principles promote dignity,
engagement, community, and education and
underscore the value of a nonpharmacological
approach to dementia care. ISH launched its Innovation
Program in 2018 to provide seed funding for
organizations to develop innovative engagement
programs for persons living with dementia and their
care partners. Innovation Programs show how persons
living with dementia are still loved, still engaged, and
still included in family, life, and community. The founder
of I’m Still Here, John Zeisel, is an internationally known
expert in designing dementia-friendly spaces and in
dementia care. By educating individuals and
communities, the ISH approach reduces the stigma so
often associated with dementia.
Maude’s Awards was created in 2019 by Richard Ferry
(Co-Founder of Korn-Ferry International) in honor of his
beloved wife of 65 years. In 2013, Maude was diagnosed
with dementia and Richard has continued their loving
journey as a tireless advocate to discover and share
innovations that speak to the challenges and needs of
persons living with dementia and their care partners.
Maude’s Awards are for achievement and
demonstrated success, as opposed to grants for future
programs.
The Cummings Foundation in Woburn, MA, has been a
major supporter and funder of the I’m Still Here
Foundation having made two $100,000 grants since
2013.
For more information, visit:
https://maudesawards.org/2022-awardees/
Recipients are:
Organizations ($25,000)
I’m Still Here
Winchester, MA
Elderwise
Seattle, WA
Jewish Family and Children’s
Waltham MA
Service Memory Café Percolator
Dementia Action Alliance
Charlottesville, VA
Individuals ($5,000)
Dana Territo
Baton Rouge, LA
Bonnie Erickson
Billings, MT
Pam Nolte
Seattle, WA
Hailey Richman
Plainview, NY
Mary Crescenzo
Topanga, CA
Contact: executivedirector@imstillhere.org
PHONE: 781-816-5151 EMAIL: info@imstillhere.org
I'm Still Here PO Box 323 Lexington, MA 02420