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Animal Advocacy Programs

  • Blue Jacket Goalie Merzlikins to Raffle Helmet to Benefit Ohio’s Purebred Rescue
    January 20, 2021, 3:30 pm

    Go to the link below for your chance to win a helmet and leg pads from CBJ goalie, Elvis Merzlikins!
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  • Hockey & Hounds Shirts Are Back!
    January 17, 2021, 7:13 pm

    97.1 The Fan sports radio in Columbus, Ohio combines forces with Columbus Blue Jackets’ head coach John Tortorella to showcase
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  • Columbus Monthly Covers Tortorellas’ Passion of Helping Others
    December 4, 2020, 7:40 pm

    Click below to read the November edition of  Columbus Monthly featuring an article about John and Christine Tortorella and their
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Children's Literacy Programs

  • Earn a Bear’s Angels Humane Education Certificate!
    August 25, 2020, 5:03 pm

    Kenna Grizzle of Ohio holds up a Bear’s Angels Humane Education Certificate that she earned by completing some activities on
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  • Listen to “Stubby & Rusty” by Brittany and Christine Tortorella
    July 20, 2020, 10:42 pm

    Click the link below to listen to Brittany Tortorella read aloud from STUBBY & RUSTY, a wonderful children’s book she
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  • Jerome Becomes Newest Addition to Literacy Program
    March 8, 2019, 6:26 pm

    The Tortorella Foundation’s Literacy Program is proud to share a new book Jerome Finds a Home by author Kristin Wilson
    Read more…

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2020 Year In Review

Featured Story

Listen to “Stubby & Rusty” by Brittany and Christine Tortorella

brittany-tortorella-reads-stubby-rustyClick the link below to listen to Brittany Tortorella read aloud from STUBBY & RUSTY, a wonderful children’s book she wrote with her mom Christine Tortorella. The book tells the true story of a special friendship and the importance of taking care of our planet.  Teachers can find a lesson plan as well.  lhttps://www.dobugshavebellybuttons.com/books/

Power Plays

  • Columbus Dispatch: Puppy Mill Law in Ohio Has Made Heroes of Dog Rescue Teams
    February 21, 2019, 5:05 pm

    An editorial in the February 20th edition of the Columbus Dispatch discusses the important role of dog rescue teams in
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  • Emergency Preparedness for Pet Owners During Hurricane Season
    September 14, 2018, 4:05 pm

    See below for information for pet owners as they prepare for Hurricane Florence and other storms this hurricane season. https://cvm.ncsu.edu/hurricane-florence-preparedness-for-animal-owners/
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  • Humane Society Advises How to Help Pets Left Out in the Cold
    January 15, 2018, 4:34 am

    The Humane Society of the United States offers tips on what to do when you see a pet outside in
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  • A Home for Bane
    June 7, 2020, 3:35 pm

    The Tortorella Family Foundation received a heartbreaking request to rehome a sweet, special needs pittie who lives in Ohio.  If
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  • Can you resist this face?

    Lucy Spotlighted on Hockey & Hounds Broadcast
    February 11, 2020, 6:03 pm

    I LOVE LUCY! How could you not adore this sweet-faced, boxer-pit mix? Lucy was found living in deplorable conditions with
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  • ADOPT ME? Speckles Is Sweet & Affectionate!
    May 5, 2018, 5:54 pm

    Meet Speckles: Speckles is a 2 year old Pointer mixed girl who was rescued from a hoarding situation in North
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  • Marshmallow is available for adoption through Animal Life Rescue. Contact Bryan Rouse at animallifeinc@gmail.com for more information.

    Adopt Me? A little shy, Gorgeous Marshmallow is Sweet, too!
    May 4, 2018, 5:43 pm

    Marshmallow is one of 25 cats that was rescued from a hoarding/divorce situation in North Carolina in April. Animal Life 
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News & Events

  • 2020 Year In Review
    January 15, 2021, 6:54 pm

  • Columbus Monthly – Columbus Pets Guide: John Tortorella’s Soft Spot
    December 5, 2020, 12:04 am

    Columbus Monthly – Columbus Pets Guide: John Tortorella’s Soft Spot By Chris Gaitten Posted Dec 2, 2020 For the Columbus
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  • A New Home for Suruluna
    October 29, 2020, 8:00 pm

    > Suruluna’s staff, volunteers and dogs can now be found at their new home, The Dog Village, in upstate New
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Parent Book Reviews

  • Mommy’s Turn to Choose: Interrupting Chicken
    December 28, 2014, 3:57 pm

    Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein, was a book recommended to me by my daughter’s preschool teacher.  The kids love
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OUR MISSION

The John and Christine Tortorella Family Foundation for Giving Back, was created to enable our family to reach out to more children in disadvantaged situations, to help others who work to improve the lives of these children and their families, and to help those who protect children, animals and our environment from harm.

We believe that reading and writing skills are the cornerstones to a good education, and that exposure to music and art encourages the creative process in children. Our own literacy program,
Enlighten Your World … READ! is our personal commitment to reach out and encourage the interest of children in reading, writing, music and art.

You are invited to browse our website to see some of the activities that we are involved in and to consider sponsorship of the program. All proifits of book sales go into the foundation literacy program for disadvantaged children.

We pledge to be forthright and involved with each entity we designate a recipient of any dollars we give through the foundation. Our family will often respond to time sensitive critical situations, with our personal support, because the need is immediate. There are often crisis situations, and immediately help may save a life of an animal. This can leave no time to properly put it through the processes of our foundation’s polices of discretion and discernment.

And thank you for giving back to those in need in your community.

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Links

  • Abandoned Angels Cat Rescue (OHIO)
  • Apache's Promise Animal Rescue
  • ASPCA
  • Bella Run Equine (OHIO)
  • Bess The Book Bus
  • Best Friends Animal Society
  • Bobbi & The Strays
  • Canucks For Kids
  • Capital Area Humane Society (OHIO)
  • Cat Welfare Association (OHIO)
  • CHA – Citizens for Humane Action
  • Chewy
  • Colony Cats
  • Colony Cats (OHIO)
  • Columbus Humane – Franklin County Animal Cruelty Hotline (OHIO)
  • DoBugsHaveBellyButtons.com
  • Dog Food Advisor
  • Dogs In Danger
  • Dr. Silva – Tots Tweens & Teens
  • Friends of Morrow County Animal Shelter (OHIO)
  • Furbaby Rescue Of NC
  • Garden of Dreams
  • Homeless To Home (OHIO)
  • I have a Dream Rescue Organization (OHIO)
  • Metropolitan Ministries
  • Pet Promise
  • Pets Alive of Middleton
  • PETSAFE
  • Pittie Paws Rescue
  • Puppy Rescue Mission
  • Rascal Charities (OHIO)
  • Rescue a Bull
  • Rescue Bank — Helping People Helping Animals
  • Ross County Humane (OHIO)
  • SALI's FARM
  • Save Ohio Pets (OHIO)
  • SPCA of Westchester County
  • Speak For The Unspoken
  • Stop The Suffering (OHIO)
  • Stuff On Scout's Head
  • Suruluna
  • The Animal Health Organization (TAHO)
  • The Animal Rescue Site
  • The Homeward Bound Project of Mississippi
  • The Humane Society
  • The Special Operations Warrior Foundation
  • This Dog's Life
  • Union County Humane (OHIO)
  • WhatGrandmaBuilt.com
  • Wyandot County Humane Society (OHIO)

* Please look at the policies of each group to be sure that they align with your view of animal welfare.

Recent Posts

  • Blue Jacket Goalie Merzlikins to Raffle Helmet to Benefit Ohio’s Purebred Rescue
  • Hockey & Hounds Shirts Are Back!
  • 2020 Year In Review
  • Columbus Monthly – Columbus Pets Guide: John Tortorella’s Soft Spot
  • Columbus Monthly Covers Tortorellas’ Passion of Helping Others

Recent Comments

  • Robin Meng on HAPPY TAILS! Norman Fetches a New Family
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  • Robin Meng on Hockey & Hounds Broadcast Features Ohio Shelters
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Recent Comments

  • Robin Meng on HAPPY TAILS! Norman Fetches a New Family
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  • edward perkins on Hockey & Hounds Broadcast Features Ohio Shelters
  • Matthew Ruff on Hockey & Hounds Broadcast Features Ohio Shelters
  • CHARLIE LAVIGNE on Tortorella Family Supports SALI’S Farm for At-Risk Children and Rescued Animals!
  • Jim Goebeler on “Hockey & Hounds” T-Shirts ***OUT OF STOCK***
  • Robin Meng on Save Ohio Pets Is Helping Homeless Pets

Recent Posts

  • Blue Jacket Goalie Merzlikins to Raffle Helmet to Benefit Ohio’s Purebred Rescue
  • Hockey & Hounds Shirts Are Back!
  • 2020 Year In Review
  • Columbus Monthly – Columbus Pets Guide: John Tortorella’s Soft Spot
  • Columbus Monthly Covers Tortorellas’ Passion of Helping Others

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  • Bella Run Equine (OHIO)
  • Bess The Book Bus
  • Best Friends Animal Society
  • Bobbi & The Strays
  • Canucks For Kids
  • Capital Area Humane Society (OHIO)
  • Cat Welfare Association (OHIO)
  • CHA – Citizens for Humane Action
  • Chewy
  • Colony Cats
  • Colony Cats (OHIO)
  • Columbus Humane – Franklin County Animal Cruelty Hotline (OHIO)
  • DoBugsHaveBellyButtons.com
  • Dog Food Advisor
  • Dogs In Danger
  • Dr. Silva – Tots Tweens & Teens
  • Friends of Morrow County Animal Shelter (OHIO)
  • Furbaby Rescue Of NC
  • Garden of Dreams
  • Homeless To Home (OHIO)
  • I have a Dream Rescue Organization (OHIO)
  • Metropolitan Ministries
  • Pet Promise
  • Pets Alive of Middleton
  • PETSAFE
  • Pittie Paws Rescue
  • Puppy Rescue Mission
  • Rascal Charities (OHIO)
  • Rescue a Bull
  • Rescue Bank — Helping People Helping Animals
  • Ross County Humane (OHIO)
  • SALI's FARM
  • Save Ohio Pets (OHIO)
  • SPCA of Westchester County
  • Speak For The Unspoken
  • Stop The Suffering (OHIO)
  • Stuff On Scout's Head
  • Suruluna
  • The Animal Health Organization (TAHO)
  • The Animal Rescue Site
  • The Homeward Bound Project of Mississippi
  • The Humane Society
  • The Special Operations Warrior Foundation
  • This Dog's Life
  • Union County Humane (OHIO)
  • WhatGrandmaBuilt.com
  • Wyandot County Humane Society (OHIO)
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