Martin Luther King Elementary School conducts coloring book and crayon drive for children’s hospital in Marisa’s honor
The students and staff at Edison's Martin Luther King Elementary School partnered with AAK USA, Inc. to collect coloring books and crayons – all of which were placed in canvas bags – for distribution to Emergency [...]
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation provides metal bunk beds for Kiddie Keep Well Camp
Kiddie Keep Well Camp has erected the brand-new metal bunk beds the camp was able to purchase for year-round lodging through a generous donation from The Marisa Tufaro Foundation. Located in Edison’s scenic Roosevelt Park, [...]
John Marshall Elementary School’s Jump-A-Thon benefits our foundation
Earlier this year, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation was one of two beneficiaries of John Marshall Elementary School’s highly successful Jump-A-Thon. The fitness fundraiser, which physical education teacher Scott Gerba organized, involved more than 100 fifth-grade [...]
Herbert Hoover’s “Marisa’s Makers” are “connecting to the community one craft at a time”
A club at Herbert Hoover Middle School has been formed in tribute to Marisa as a way of honoring her passion for crafting and her desire to make others happy. Marisa’s former teacher, Shannon Marasco, [...]
Chamberlain College of Nursing students make heartfelt surprise donation to our foundation
Heather Zayas, president of the Student Nurses Association at Chamberlain College of Nursing in North Brunswick, recently spearheaded an online fundraiser for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation. Our entire board of trustees, including Marisa’s parents, Greg [...]
Middlesex school-community praised for collecting coats for children in need
Jackie Goedesky, president and founder of Hands of Hope, had high praise for the Middlesex High School community for the role it played in helping to collect winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves for children [...]
Transplant recipient and former star athlete turns song in his heart into musical tribute for Marisa
Brett Epps, who never met Marisa, but like many others has been inspired by her life, recently turned a song he carried in his heart following her untimely passing into a musical tribute (a link [...]
Chamberlain and Edison students helped Tufaro Foundation ‘Outrun Hunger’
Moved by the story of a teenage girl she never met, Heather Zayas, a nursing student, was inspired to help make a difference in the lives of others. Zayas and her classmates from the Chamberlain College of [...]
Middlesex partners with The Marisa Tufaro Foundation for Hands of Hope children’s coat drive
Middlesex High School has partnered with The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to conduct a children’s coat drive for Hands of Hope during the Blue Jays’ Oct. 20 home football game against Highland Park. Hands of Hope, [...]