Edison’s Nadyeh Alaboura receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
As a student-athlete at Edison High School, from which she recently graduated, Nadyeh Alaboura was an unsung hero in the classroom and on the playing field. “To Edison High she is one of those quiet [...]
A purple blanket with interlocking hearts connects foundations of transplant recipients
I haven’t looked at the purple blanket since Cyndi and I brought it home from the hospital after Marisa passed away, but I think often about its remarkable significance. Marisa was a patient for 161 [...]
Marisa Tufaro Foundation to host boardwalk-themed Family Fun Night at children’s hospital
After being diagnosed with cancer and before the rapid onslaught of the disease spread to her brain, Marisa Tufaro worked with a hospital writing therapist to chronicle a visit to a “happy place” during her [...]
Central Jersey bowling community continues its generous support of our nonprofit
Each year since Marisa has passed, Ralph Fech and Lori Gerstl, who serve as tournament directors for the Central Jersey Winter Classic, have made a generous donation from the event to our nonprofit. The annual [...]
South River’s Nick Razzano receives Tufaro Foundation GMC Student-Athlete Scholarship
As an Eagle Scout and member of a church youth group, recently graduated South River High School senior Nick Razzano had numerous opportunities to volunteer. One of his advanced placement teachers best explained, however, why Nick [...]
Our nonprofit partners with Teamwork Unlimited Foundation to treat Special Olympics athletes to a Somerset Patriots game
Our nonprofit partnered with Teamwork Unlimited Foundation to sponsor an all-expenses paid trip to the ballpark for the Perth Amboy Piranhas Special Olympics Swim Team athletes and their families, who received first-class treatment from the [...]
A ‘gazillion’ thanks to Martin Luther King Elementary for its amazing fundraiser
Of all the words three ambitious fourth-graders from Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison authored for a flyer to promote their fundraiser for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation, one phrase stood out. “You may be [...]
South Amboy baseball program donates to Tufaro Foundation and Teamwork Unlimited
The South Amboy High School baseball program, which has raised $24,000 for charity over the last six years through its annual Crew Cuts For A Cause fundraiser, donated money from its most recent event to [...]
Giselle Rodrigues of Knollwood Elementary School receives art scholarship
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to announce that Giselle Rodrigues, a student from Knollwood Elementary School in Piscataway, has been selected as one of six students from five different Middlesex County schools to receive a [...]