The Aging in the Gorge Alliance has issued a challenge grant to support The Hood River County History Museum’s new Memory Café. During the months of February and March, donations made to the Memory Café program will be matched 1:1, up to the total of $1,500.

A Memory Café is a memory stimulation program for people with dementia. Museum objects, photos and music are used to spark memories for people experiencing dementia. Trained volunteers take artifacts from the collection to people with dementia, presenting and passing around the objects to share. The museum is collaborating with several partners, including the Sunshine Club and Brookside Manor, to expand the Memory Café program.