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By Michelle Taylor

The students of Elizabeth Forward High School Tri-M Music Society started a musical mission last year to help patients with advanced stages of Alzheimer’s Disease living in local assisted living facilities to reconnect with their past through songs of their earlier years.

The students of the EFHS Tri-M Music Honor Society give a moment of nostalgia for those who cannot remember.

Last year, the music society raised enough funds to purchase and donate 30 sets of MP3 players and headphones for the residents of Arden Court in Pleasant Hills. This year, their mission is focusing on Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Elizabeth Township. The society says "...the effects of music on Alzheimer patients is realized in the eyes ... in the movements ... in the rare lucid moments of those afflicted with this tragic disease."

The families of the received donations last year sent emails and letters that express their gratitude for the few moments where their loved ones can reconnect through a song of their past to relive a happier time in life. With donations ranging from $10 to Steve Milliren's donation of $690, their goal remains the same: never wanting to forget.

A typical MP3 player and set of headphones costs approximately $30 each, so to raise these funds, the society created a GoFundMe page this January. Their goal is set at $15,000 and they already raised more than $1,000 on the first day. To give a donation, please visit their page at gofundme.com and search for Musical Memories.

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