Edison football partners with our foundation to benefit Hands of Hope
Members of the Edison High School football program will be among the more than 100 people who are expected to join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation’s team of runners and walkers in the fourth annual Race [...]
Metuchen High School’s generosity benefits The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
Metuchen High School’s inaugural Proving Ground Team Building Challenge, of which The Marisa Tufaro Foundation was a beneficiary, was such a resounding success that Board of Education member Justin Manley hopes the event will grow [...]
Forever in our hearts … one year ago today
A year ago today Marisa came home from the hospital following her successful heart transplant with the promise of a new life that cancer eventually took away. The expertise and compassion of an amazing medical [...]
Our foundation partners with Old Bridge High School to collect thousands of toys for pediatric patients
As a little girl made her way inside Old Bridge’s Lombardi Field for the high school football team’s season-opener against South Brunswick, she opened her mouth to catch the white flakes that gently cascaded from [...]
Old Bridge football hosts ‘Holiday Knight’ Toy Drive for pediatric patients
Old Bridge High School is partnering with The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to transform Lombardi Field into a Winter Wonderland for a Holiday Knight Toy Drive. The event will take place during the football team’s Sept. [...]
Live reindeer, purple Santa hats and snow in September for Old Bridge “Holiday Knight” Toy Drive
Diagnosed with Stage IV cancer last December, 13-year-old Marisa Tufaro was weaned from a ventilator days before Christmas. With high-dose steroids alleviating the swelling in her brain, Marisa miraculously regained her cognitive function and fine [...]
Lubonski family becomes “Marisa’s Missionaries” with home-cooked meal for Ronald McDonald House residents
Sherrie Lubonski, a kindergarten teacher from Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison, joined her husband, Mark, and their daughter, Alexa, in becoming “Marisa’s Missionaries” by preparing a home-cooked meal for residents of the Ronald [...]
Shore Conference ice hockey community honors Marisa at Asbury Park Press All-Star Classic
Greg and Cyndi were privileged to be a part of Sunday's third annual Asbury Park Press All-Star Hockey Classic at Middletown Ice World. The event, featuring 42 of the Shore Conference's best players, benefits the [...]
The story of Sayreville soccer and two foundations connected by a rainbow
EDITOR'S NOTE: The story below was published in August 2017. Please CLICK HERE to read a story from earlier this month celebrating the pending retirement of Sayreville boys soccer coach Nick Cifelli and please CLICK [...]