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 [...]
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship established through the benevolence of Woodbridge High School
Jordan Vazquez and Alex LaGrippo were recipients of Woodbridge High School’s first annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Scholarship. The scholarships, which Woodbridge High School, through its remarkable benevolence, fully funded in Marisa’s honor and memory, were [...]
GMC All-Star Basketball Games Benefit The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
All proceeds from the Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association’s 24th annual Senior All-Star doubleheader were donated to The Marisa Tufaro Foundation. The girls and boys all-star games, featuring the league’s top high school upperclassmen, [...]
Snapple Bowl Players and Cheerleaders to Honor Marisa at 24th Annual Game, “Spirit Night” Fundraiser to be Held One Week Prior
The MyCentralJersey.com Snapple Bowl, a charity all-star football game between the top graduated seniors from Middlesex and Union counties, which has raised nearly $600,000 since its inception in 1994 for the Edison-based Lakeview School, a [...]
Colleen Meyers’ Beautiful Tribute to Marisa is the Act of a Remarkable Woman
Colleen Meyers, who is as beloved as any of the hundreds of educators I have been privileged to know during my quarter century of covering scholastic sports, has served as a volunteer cheerleading coach for [...]
Autism Awareness Baseball Challenge Raises Money for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
The nonprofit Teamwork Unlimited Foundation, which runs the Autism Awareness Baseball Challenge, featuring 40 high school teams from New Jersey, made a remarkably generous donation to The Marisa Tufaro Foundation on behalf of players who hit [...]
Carteret’s Savannah Doda selected to cheer in Marisa Rose Bowl
Congratulations to Savannah Doda of Carteret on her selection to cheer in the inaugural Marisa Rose Bowl, sponsored by Bellamy and Sons Paving. Formerly known as the Snapple Bowl and Autoland Classic, the annual all-star [...]