Piscataway’s Alexis Broggi receives Marisa Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Beset with injuries and other obstacles, Alexis Broggi, a three-sport athlete who served as team captain in each, was unable to truly hit her stride as a runner and swimmer until this academic year. The [...]
Metuchen’s Caroline Schleif receives Marisa Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Entering her eighth-grade year, Caroline Schleif, a promising swimmer and runner, reached a crossroads in her young life, both figuratively and literally. During a family vacation that summer in Arizona, Schleif was walking along a [...]
South Plainfield’s Jeffrey Jacome receives Marisa Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Jeffrey Jacome’s scholastic wrestling career, filled with challenges and adversity, ended the way it commenced. The South Plainfield High School standout, who twice broke his left elbow, once before the start of his freshman campaign, [...]
Franklin Elementary School Mile for Marisa benefits Tufaro Foundation
Carrying purple balloons and encouraged with applause from neighborhood residents, Franklin Elementary School students and staff trekked round trip to Plainfield Avenue from their building last week. The event, known as the Mile for Marisa [...]
Franklin Elementary School’s Day of Service will go extra mile for Marisa Tufaro Foundation
The grandfather of two former Franklin Elementary School students, Senator Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. is quite familiar with the school-community’s giving spirit. As a result, Diegnan was not at all surprised to learn the school’s [...]
On National Nurses Day we reflect upon the true heroes in Marisa’s life
Five years have passed since God’s will proved to be stronger than the collective will of the world’s most outstanding nursing staff. A heart transplant, which was supposed to extend Marisa Tufaro’s life, tragically cut [...]
GMC Baseball Coaches Association Charity Golf Outing to benefit Marisa Tufaro Foundation
All proceeds from the second annual Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Coaches Association Charity Golf Outing will benefit The Marisa Tufaro Foundation. The inaugural event, conducted last summer, raised $8,000 for the Edison-based nonprofit, whose mission [...]
Musician and author of A Sparrow’s Tale inspires and entertains elementary school students with live show
The idea for the main character in award-winning author and musician Joe Petrucelli’s series of children’s books and accompanying music videos didn’t pop into his head, but rather flew onto it. “A sparrow landed on [...]
Franklin Elementary School’s Day of Service goes extra mile for Marisa Tufaro Foundation
The grandfather of two former Franklin Elementary School students, Senator Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. is quite familiar with the school-community’s giving spirit. As a result, Diegnan was not at all surprised to learn the school’s [...]