CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION INC

PRODUCED "ONE SECOND AT A TIME: BATTLING THE MONSTER OF ADDICTION", A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WHICH SHARES CHRISTINE ORTOLL'S STRUGGLE FOR RECOVERY, TOLD FROM HER OWN JOURNAL, EXPERTS AND HER LOVED ONES OVER HER TEN YEARS AT OVER TWENTY TREATMENT CENTERS. IT HAS WON OVER FORTY FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS TO DATE AND IS AN EDUCATIONAL AND IMPACTFUL FILM ON THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, STIGMA, TRAUMA, RELAPSE, AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALL THOSE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

PRODUCED "SAFETY NET: HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN RECOVERY THRIVE" WHICH IS A SHOWCASE OF THE SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WE HELPED BUILD, AT MICHAEL ORTOLL'S ALMA MATER, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FSU), CALLED LIFT. THE MISSION OF LIFT IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE TO THRIVE DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS LEARN BENEFICIAL COPING SKILLS IN AN ACCOUNTABLE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS. IN ITS' FIRST YEAR, LIFT ENGAGED WITH OVER 1,000 STUDENTS. RESEARCH SHOWS STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGE RECOVERY ARE MORE APT TO HAVE HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, HIGHER GPAS, ARE LESS LIKELY TO RELAPSE AND HAVE A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUING TO THRIVE IN SOCIETY. OUR CHARITY'S NATIONAL INITIATIVE IS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY AT EVERY HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUS, AS PER THE LATEST RESEARCH APPROXIMATELY 24% OF ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, YET LESS THAN 5% OF ALL COLLEGES HAVE AN EFFECTIVE RECOVERY PROGRAM IN PLACE. WE WILL BE SHARING THIS AT THE END OF Q1 IN 2024 WITH EVERY TWO- AND FOUR- YEAR COLLEGE IN THE US.