Marisa's Foundation

Nonprofit established in loving memory of Marisa Rose Tufaro ( to assist pediatric patients and other children in need

[Marisa's Foundation @FoundationMT]

Remembering sweet Marisa and wishing all a Happy Father's Day with family photos set to the perfect George Strait medley (watch and listen)

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Please join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating Piscataway’s Kylie Passman, the recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/IkA4jYRW3G

[vincent gioffre, jr @vgioffrejr]

Congrats Emma!
Proud to say yet another alum from #Room214Nation and #Room114Nation as well as a member of #HomeRoomTwelveTwo!

@stahstrojans @stahsedison

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating Saint Thomas Aquinas' Emma Figueiredo, recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/RuuOR8yTBi

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Please join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating Edison High School’s Shriaditi Kancherla, the recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/isUURc9443

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Please join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating South River’s Brendan Lell, the recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Foundation Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/0zCe52j7NS

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Please join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating John F. Kennedy High School’s Riley Timinski, the recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/GN1yhKOZm2

[MyCentralJersey @MyCentralJersey]

Woodbridge’s Riley Vazquez is Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship recipient https://t.co/pxyWV7WQfW

[WHS Athletics @BarronsSports]

Congratulations, Riley! A great choice for this special award! #WeAreBarrons

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Please join The Marisa Tufaro Foundation in congratulating Woodbridge High School’s Riley Vazquez, the recipient of a 2026 Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service Scholarship. Read about this outstanding honoree in the story linked below. https://t.co/z7ZKhauPX8

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is honored to be among the beneficiaries of the South Plainfield School District's fifth annual Day of Service. https://t.co/Y0Ie5TX3XF

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Wishing all a Happy Mother’s Day and thinking especially of my lovely wife, who was the most amazing mother and best friend to our beautiful daughter. The love between Marisa and @CyndiTufaro was infinite and the remarkable bond they shared beyond compare. They were inseparable.

[Jerry Carino @NJHoopsHaven]

Great to see this. Looking forward to reviewing the applications with @KSargeantNJ and honoring these impressive high-schoolers.

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Tomorrow is National Nurses Day. The words in the link below illustrate why these dedicated and extraordinary heroes deserve to be celebrated not just once a year, but every single day. https://t.co/Tb5cLDmaHd

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

The Marisa Tufaro Foundation is proud to announce it has received a single-year record number of applications for its annual Greater Middlesex Conference Student-Athlete and Marisa Tufaro Memorial Community Service scholarships. https://t.co/qXzsaGeq6r

[Marisa's Foundation @FoundationMT]

Please join us as we celebrate @NJSIAA Spring Sports Officials' Appreciation Week with a heartfelt thank you to all who have volunteered their time and expertise at sporting events benefiting our nonprofit, which helps Middlesex County children in need. We are eternally grateful.

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Teacher Appreciation Week begins today. Words can't accurately convey the profound impact outstanding educators had on Marisa. She immensely benefited from loving teachers, caring classmates and wonderful experiences Edison Public Schools provided. Our family is forever grateful.

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

Happy National Principals Day to administrators across New Jersey, especially @CyndiTufaro, who is so fortunate to lead the outstanding staff and wonderful students at James Monroe, the same elementary school Marisa was blessed to attend.

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

With today being Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day and Throwback Thursday, here’s an interview Marisa conducted 12 years ago with current NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns, who could not have been more gracious.
https://t.co/v4OUTCKOLg

[Greg Tufaro @GregTufaro]

During National Donate Life Month, we pray for the family of the organ donor whose heart once beat inside Marisa and express our eternal gratitude to the amazing medical team whose successful transplant fulfilled the promise of a new life that cancer eventually claimed.