The foundation commemorates Marisa’s birthday by giving back to the Ronald McDonald House
The Ronald McDonald House located at 145 Somerset Street in New Brunswick, across from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital The Marisa Tufaro Foundation commemorated what would have been Marisa’s 14th birthday on July [...]
Have an idea for helping children in need? Learn how we can help make that vision a reality
Have an idea for a way to help children in the greater Middlesex County area but lack the financial resources and/or manpower to make your vision a reality? Please email cgtufaro2@gmail.com with specific details of [...]
Metuchen High School’s Innovative ‘Proving Ground’ Challenge Will Develop Students’ Teamwork and Leadership Skills While Benefiting The Marisa Tufaro Foundation GalleryMetuchen High School’s Innovative ‘Proving Ground’ Challenge Will Develop Students’ Teamwork and Leadership Skills While Benefiting The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
Metuchen High School’s Innovative ‘Proving Ground’ Challenge Will Develop Students’ Teamwork and Leadership Skills While Benefiting The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
Student-athletes returning to Metuchen High School next month for fall sports practice will find their sprawling campus transformed into a massive obstacle course with more than 30 mentally and physically challenging stations designed to promote [...]
Marisa’s impact on Hunterdon Central football coach Casey Ransone and vice versa
Upon leaving St. Joseph to become the head football coach at Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Casey Ransone, who Home News Tribune sports writer Greg Tufaro holds in the highest regard and is honored to [...]
A Purple Blanket with Interlocking Hearts Connects Foundations of Two 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 [...]
The ETEA’s remarkable generosity benefits Marisa’s foundation
On the same day a six-alarm fire gutted James Monroe Elementary School, Marisa emailed her teacher a story she wrote for the school newspaper. Her dispatch, of course, never appeared in print because the James [...]
What Marisa told Henrik Lundqvist on Christmas Day and how her hockey stick ended up inside the St. Joseph ice hockey team’s conference championship cup GalleryWhat Marisa told Henrik Lundqvist on Christmas Day and how her hockey stick ended up inside the St. Joseph ice hockey team’s conference championship cup
What Marisa told Henrik Lundqvist on Christmas Day and how her hockey stick ended up inside the St. Joseph ice hockey team’s conference championship cup
Two days after Marisa’s untimely passing, the St. Joseph High School ice hockey team played a nonconference regular-season game and held a moment of silence in her honor before the puck was dropped. The home [...]
Herbert Hoover Middle School helps Marisa’s legacy grow on ‘Graduation’ Day
As Herbert Hoover Middle School Principal Brian McGrath stood at the podium acknowledging an eighth grader who was not in attendance at today’s promotion ceremony, the faint cries of a baby pierced an eerie silence [...]
GMC Baseball Coaches Association Establishes Marisa Tufaro Memorial Arts Scholarship
The first annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Arts Scholarship was made possible through a donation to The Marisa Tufaro Foundation on behalf of a member of the Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Coaches Association who wishes to [...]