Plainfields’ Chapter of UNICO fundraiser benefits Marisa Tufaro Foundation
More than 160 people attended a Plainfields’ Chapter of UNICO fundraising dinner on Feb. 2, with proceeds from the event benefiting local charities, including The Marisa Tufaro Foundation, and creating scholarship opportunities. Members of the [...]
Memorial Middle School’s Yulemi Rivera receives Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to announce that Yulemi Rivera, a student at Memorial Middle School in Spotswood, has been selected to receive a 2025 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship. The scholarship entitles Yulemi [...]
Woodland Intermediate School’s Leah Buchholz receives Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship
The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to announce that Leah Buchholz, a student at Woodland Intermediate School in Middlesex, has been selected to receive a 2025 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship. The scholarship entitles Leah [...]
Remembering Marisa Tufaro on World Cancer Day
Today is World Cancer Day and the anniversary of Marisa’s funeral mass at St. Francis Cathedral in Metuchen, where her father delivered this eulogy. Prayers for those battling cancer, others who’ve lost loved ones to the [...]
Marisa Tufaro’s loving memory honored with donation supporting pediatric oncology patients
Marisa Tufaro was born with a brave heart, one whose remarkable resilience and strength cancer ultimately overcame. Despite being hospitalized for more than two years and maintaining hundreds of doctors’ appointments, Marisa was an Edison [...]
Old Bridge defeats South Plainfield in Marisa Tufaro Memorial Dual
Second-ranked Old Bridge defeated fourth-ranked South Plainfield 47-24 in a battle of Home News Tribune Greater Middlesex Conference Top 10 wrestling teams in the eighth annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Dual at the Anthony J. Cotoia [...]
Sweetheart Dinner Dance will benefit The Marisa Tufaro Foundation
A “Sweetheart Dinner Dance” honoring the loving memory of Marisa Tufaro and benefiting the nonprofit bearing her name will fittingly take place during National Heart Month. The South Amboy Columbiettes, a women’s auxiliary council affiliated [...]
South Plainfield and Old Bridge will meet in Marisa Tufaro Memorial Dual
A high school wrestling match featuring two of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s top teams will celebrate the life of Marisa Tufaro and raise money for the foundation bearing her name. Donations collected at the door [...]
Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship nominations being accepted
Applications for the annual Marisa Tufaro Memorial Art Scholarship are being accepted until February 1, 2026. Students who are Middlesex County residents between the ages of 7 and 14 are eligible for the scholarship, which [...]