Highland Park’s Ciara Marsh receives Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship
As a young kid, Ciara Marsh accompanied her older brother Jake to Highland Park’s Buddy Ball, a Saturday program where special-needs kids partner up with volunteer peers for sports, games and other activities. She saw [...]
South Plainfield’s Lindsay Oller receives Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship
A three-sport athlete who earned a dozen varsity letters, Lindsay Oller recently reflected upon her stellar scholastic career. “As a young girl playing ponytail softball and sitting on the sidelines often due to a health [...]
Marisa Tufaro Classic bowling tournament raises over $2,000 for pediatric patients and children in need
The Marisa Tufaro Classic, a scholastic bowling tournament contested at the start of the season, was a resounding success. In addition to collecting hundreds of toys for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to donate to pediatric [...]
Benevolent Perth Amboy student-athlete pays kindness forward with donation to PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital
As the recipient of a Greater Middlesex Conference Kindness Counts Award, Perth Amboy High School’s Dalisha Romero received $500 from The Peter Fund and The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to donate in her name to the [...]
Benevolent J.P. Stevens student-athlete pays kindness forward with donation to YMCA of MEWSA
As the recipient of a Greater Middlesex Conference Kindness Counts Award, J.P. Stevens High School’s Aaron Bansal received a commemorative plaque and $500 from The Peter Fund and The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to donate in [...]
Franklin Elementary School’s Day of Service Goes Extra Mile for Marisa Tufaro Foundation
For the third consecutive year, Franklin Elementary School’s students and staff are turning South Plainfield’s district-wide Day of Service into a fundraiser that simultaneously heightens awareness about a local nonprofit. Franklin Elementary School will host [...]
During National Nurses Week, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation honors the true heroes in the life of our nonprofit’s namesake
The extraordinary love and care my beautiful daughter received from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit staff at New York Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital captures the quintessence of the real-life heroes we celebrate during National Nurses [...]
Benevolent Highland Park student-athlete pays kindness forward with donation to Buddy Ball program
As the recipient of a Greater Middlesex Conference Kindness Counts Award, Highland Park High School’s Ennyn Chiu received a commemorative plaque and $500 from The Peter Fund and The Marisa Tufaro Foundation to donate in [...]
Charity basketball game benefits Marisa Tufaro Foundation
A team of U.S. Air Force service members defeated an opposing squad of South Brunswick High School students and staff, but the real winners of the charity basketball game are pediatric patients and children in [...]