The Abigail Zittoun Family Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity, established in honor of our daughter, Abby, who passed away in 2024 at age 13 after a seven-year battle with cancer. Throughout her years of cancer treatments and setbacks, Abby continued to lead her life with joy and love, inspiring and impacting everyone around her. AZFF's mission is to bring joy, love and impact to families of critically ill children, through financial support to individual families and other nonprofit organizations. AZFF also provides scholarships to high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education or training who demonstrate the qualities of joy, love and impact.

Here is the first Sneak Peak of some of the the exclusive items in our Tournament Online Auction. The auction site will be live soon and bidding begins on Jan 24. Stay tuned for more sneak peaks! 💜💜
Tickets for our First Annual Pickleball Tournament are sold out! We are so grateful for this incredible community and cannot wait to be together to celebrate Abby.
Not to worry if you cannot attend the event in person. The Tournament Online Auction is coming soon. We have some incredible auction items that you will not want to miss!
- MLB and UCONN Basketball Tickets
- Beach Vacation
- Autographed Swag
- Golf Experiences
- And MUCH MORE!
More previews to come. Stay tuned 💜💜
Registration is OPEN for our first major fundraiser!
Come out to celebrate Abby and play (or watch) some pickleball. We will have food, fun and INCREDIBLE silent auction items that you will not want to miss!
See link in bio to register. Spaces are limited. 💜💜
You must be registered to attend.
Limited sponsorship opportunities still available! All sponsorships come with one tournament entry. 🏓
We have some fantastic silent auction items but we would love to have more! 💜💜
Please email or DM if interested.
Registration for tournament spots and general admission coming soon. Space is limited!
This amazing collab between Dennison and Collectability is being auctioned with proceeds going to the AZFF. Thank you John Reardon for your incredible generosity.
https://auctions.marteauandco.com/Oct-2025/catalogue/0007?fbclid=PARlRTSANjyqJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpz7LP8YR8BQOa012WLBNtNmuA9lKOi823THkjXX7MUBa4kVCrQwO8dMmCHhc_aem_HiO2CuXijL78BYs3cPX-pg

Abby ran a marathon today, carried mile by mile by the incredible relay team of our dear friends Emily, Sam, Dave, Mike and Rachel. It was a joyful, emotional day filled with love. Abby’s team raised over $3,600 to bring joy and love to critically ill children and their families. Thank you for making a tremendous impact in this world and for being our friends ! Love, Abby 💜💜 #hartfordmarathon
Today we spread some Abby joy at Connecticut Children’s! We are thrilled to announce the delivery of Joy Bags - cooler backpacks filled with hospital-living essentials - to oncology patients. With your continued support, we will build more bags to hopefully make hospital stays and medical travel just a little less complicated. 💜💜
Please read more about how Abby inspired this project - Joy Bag link in bio. To donate, go to loveabby.org.
Grab a partner and save the date for our first annual pickleball tournament! We are thrilled to get together, celebrate Abby and have a blast. Spaces are limited. More details and registration information coming soon 💜💜
We are honored to join with Andrew’s Ohana Foundation to fund the Dr. Eileen Gillan Honorary scholarships through the REACH for the STARS Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. These incredible, talented graduates demonstrate academic ambition and embrace a way of life that overcomes the obstacles of living with a cancer diagnosis.
Congratulations to all of the recipients and good luck with the start of college. We cannot wait to see the impact you will continue to make in this world! Love, Abby 💜💜
In June 2025, AZFF awarded its first two scholarships to students at Hall High School and Simsbury High School. Congratulations to these incredible graduates!
Katie and Charlie exemplify the qualities of joy and love and have demonstrated a significant impact in their communities. We can’t wait to see what you do next! 💜💜

Thank you @gamedayconor @hartfordyardgoats for your support of the Abigail Zittoun Family Foundation and allowing @rglweiner and @zittound throw out a first pitch a little more than 3 years after Abby had the same opportunity on the same field. #nogoatsnoglory
Thank you @shstrojansbaseball and @halltitansbaseball for supporting AZFF. These communities should be proud of these outstanding young men. @simsburyathletics @hallathletics
Happy birthday to our amazing daughter. Today, Abby should be celebrating her 14th birthday. While nothing can relieve the immense sadness of this reality, we choose to honor her memory by focusing on joy, love and impact - as Abby would want.
So in between the tears, please consider honoring her memory by doing something that brings you joy, spreads love, or creates an impact on your community. Donate blood, make a donation to your favorite charity, tell a 'dad' joke, watch your favorite Marvel movie, play 'Broadway hits' on your Spotify playlist, have a meal with friends/family, get a mani/pedi, play 9 holes of golf, text or call a friend you have not spoken to in a while, or help an elderly person cross the street.
It is impossible to fill the void that we have, but maybe by filling it with joy, love and impact, the hole can feel a little smaller.
Happy birthday, sweet girl 💜💜
Thank you @dickiev_espn and @thevfoundation for a wonderful weekend celebrating Abby’s life, her incredible relationship with @uconnwbb and working to cure pediatric cancer. Honored and humbled to have a research grant this year be awarded in Abby’s name. Over $12.5 million raised this weekend and over $100 million over the past 20 years. “Don’t Give Up……Don’t Ever Give Up!”
What an amazing weekend! Congrats Huskies. We are so honored to have been part of this truly beautiful, inspiring journey. We cannot wait to see what the future holds for these incredible women! Love, Abby. 💜💙🏆

We are so grateful to Art, Miguel, Todd, our Cafe Aura family and everyone who came out for the beautiful fundraiser last night. Your support is overwhelming! Love, Abby 💜💜#

@paigebueckers Purple Jersey was the #1 selling product at the @nil.store___ in February! @azzi35 White/Purple was the #4! A portion of proceeds from these purple and white jerseys support AZFF and our mission to bring joy, love and impact to families of critically ill children 💜💜 https://uconn.nil.store/search?q=uconn+purple