Herbert Hoover Middle School prinicpal honored Marisa’s memory with moving promotion ceremony speech
Marisa's father, Greg, wrote this piece in June 2017. Marisa would have been a junior this year at Edison High School. As Herbert Hoover Principal Brian McGrath stood at the podium acknowledging an eighth grader [...]
South Plainfield’s Abdul Cokley receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
A multiple-sport athlete whose efforts on the field rivaled his performance as a well-rounded honor-roll student in the classroom and as a civic-minded teenager in the community, Abdul Cokley has been named a recipient of [...]
Mark Rosario named third annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Edison High School Scholarship recipient
Mark Rosario was honored as a recipient of the third annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Edison High School Scholarship during the school’s virtual Senior Awards ceremony, which was posted online last night. Marisa, who would have [...]
Woodbridge’s Jason Bilawsky receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Last spring, Woodbridge High School’s Jason Bilawsky, one of the state’s best bowlers, broke both of his wrists while competing in a volleyball match. The devastating injury made simple everyday tasks a challenge and sidelined [...]
Colonia’s Tiffany Rolon-Locus receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Tiffany Rolon-Locus, who made a triumphant return to the volleyball court shortly after undergoing a successful kidney transplant, has been named a 2020 Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship recipient. In addition to [...]
Jennifer Metzger’s legacy touches The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
As the parents of our foundation’s namesake left Majestic Lanes in Woodbridge following the second annual Marisa Tufaro Classic, which is a bowling tournament and holiday toy drive for pediatric patients, a woman bearing gifts [...]
Marisa Tufaro Foundation established fund at CHOP to benefit Middlesex County families in medical crisis
To commemorate what would have been Marisa's 16th birthday, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in 2019 established a fund at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to assist parents of pediatric patients from Middlesex County who are [...]
Celebrating National Nurses Day with a tribute to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Staff at a New York City hospital
Our nonprofit celebrates National Nurses Day with a tribute to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit nursing staff at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. A little more than three years have passed since God’s [...]
Marisa Tufaro Foundation donates $2,500 in support of GMC fundraiser to help feed Middlesex County families during the pandemic
The Greater Middlesex Conference has launched a league-wide fundraising initiative to help feed Middlesex County families during the coronavirus pandemic. With more than 850,000 New Jerseyans having filed for unemployment benefits since Gov. Phil Murphy [...]