Metuchen’s Lapczynski named Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship recipient
The promise of being allowed to hit wiffle balls as a toddler inspired Michael Lapczynski to work through the difficulties he experienced reading, which were not diagnosed as dyslexia until years later. The Metuchen High [...]
Artwork of Marisa Tufaro Memorial Arts Scholarship recipient has gone viral
The artwork of Dana Abbey, a Herbert Hoover Middle School student who was recently named one of five Marisa Tufaro Memorial Arts Scholarship recipients, went viral and was featured in national online publications after her [...]
James Monroe students fill “Weekend Snack Bags” for pediatric patients’ families
Fifth-grade students from James Monroe Elementary School in Edison partnered with The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to fill a hundred “Weekend Snack Bags” for families of pediatric patients at PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick. [...]
Award-winning reporter and adjunct professor Jerry Carino to chair foundation scholarship committee
Our foundation is honored to announce award-winning journalist and adjunct professor Jerry Carino as chair of the Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship committee. Jerry received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and [...]
Sayreville Middle School student receives Tufaro Foundation art scholarship
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to announce that Cameren Gorrell of Sayreville Middle School in Sayreville has been selected as one of five students from five different Middlesex County schools to receive a scholarship to attend the [...]
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation provides scholarship opportunities
As part of the first wave of initiatives it unveiled on July 30, 2017, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation announced five scholarship opportunities will be available for students who attend school in or are residents of [...]
Woodrow Wilson Middle School student receives Tufaro Foundation arts scholarship
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to announce that Robert Dudash of Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Edison has been selected as one of five students from five different Middlesex County schools to receive a scholarship to attend [...]
An open letter of thanks to the Greater Middlesex Conference basketball community
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to the players, coaches, officials, volunteers and all who attended the 2018 Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-Star doubleheader for enabling Marisa’s [...]
Woodrow Wilson Middle School’s kindness will benefit Middlesex County children
In an effort to promote kindness throughout the building and within the middle school’s community, the Woodrow Wilson Peer Mediation Club initiated a kindness campaign. Students in all grades, as well as staff members, were [...]