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, [...]
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 [...]