During National Nurses Week, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation honors the true heroes in the life of our nonprofit’s namesake
The extraordinary love and care my beautiful daughter received from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit staff at New York Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital captures the quintessence of the real-life heroes we celebrate during National Nurses [...]
Benevolent Highland Park student-athlete pays kindness forward with donation to Buddy Ball program
As the recipient of a Greater Middlesex Conference Kindness Counts Award, Highland Park High School’s Ennyn Chiu received a commemorative plaque and $500 from The Peter Fund and The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to donate in [...]
Charity basketball game benefits Marisa Tufaro Foundation
A team of U.S. Air Force service members defeated an opposing squad of South Brunswick High School students and staff, but the real winners of the charity basketball game are pediatric patients and children in [...]
South Brunswick Viking Cup benefits Marisa Tufaro Foundation
South Brunswick High School students and staff will square off against a team of U.S. Air Force service members in a charity basketball game from which all proceeds will benefit The Marisa Tufaro Foundation. The [...]
GMC Sportsmanship and Kindness Counts Awards
The Greater Middlesex Conference celebrated 70 student-athletes, who have conducted themselves on and off the field with dignity and grace, during the 23rd annual Dan Hayston Memorial Sportsmanship Awards luncheon at The Pines Manor in [...]
Perth Amboy’s Dalisha Romero receives GMC Kindness Counts Award
Kindness comes naturally to Perth Amboy High School student Dalisha Romero. “She is one of those students that I have a hard time finding the right words for - she is just so good” said [...]
North Brunswick’s Jomar Mena receives GMC Kindness Counts Award
Jomar Mena’s gregarious personality in and out of the wrestling room has enabled him to make friends across the Greater Middlesex Conference. “He goes out of his way to meet new people,” North Brunswick High [...]
Highland Park’s Ennyn Chiu receives GMC Kindness Counts Award
As captain of the Highland Park High School cross country team, Ennyn Chiu is a quintessential leader. During the team’s dynamic warmups, Chiu would often wander away from her friend group to talk with the [...]
J.P. Stevens’ Aaron Bansal receives GMC Kindness Counts Award
Empathetic. Compassionate. Well-respected. Dedicated. Those are the words which spring to mind for J.P. Stevens High School Coach Bill McMullen when describing Aaron Bansal. “He’s really a natural leader,” McMullen said. “The kids look up [...]