South Brunswick’s Liz Matticoli receives Marisa Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Liz Matticoli, a recently graduated South Brunswick High School senior who has given back to the school-community through her volunteerism, has been named a Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship recipient. Inspired by [...]
Eric Jefferson and Jetta Szczepanik receive Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarships
Eric Jefferson and Jetta Szczepanik were honored as recipients of the fourth annual Woodbridge High School Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship during a virtual awards ceremony the high school posted online Thursday night. Through its benevolence, [...]
Piscataway’s Thomas Stewart receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
Thomas Stewart, a recently graduated Piscataway High School senior, has been named a Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship recipient. In addition to exceling in the classroom, the varsity baseball player, who will [...]
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 [...]