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A parent’s greatest wish is for their child to live a healthy, happy life. Sometimes, illness or injury get in the way of that dream. That’s why Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health is dedicated to providing the best medical resources available, close to home. Donors to our pediatric programs help Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital offer comprehensive medical care from the moment they enter this world until they enter young adulthood. From providing crucial medical equipment, to cancer research and treatment, or mental, emotional and financial support, philanthropy helps to advance care for our youngest patients, and make hospitalization a little easier on everyone.


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A Mighty Little Warrior Scores a Touchdown for Tackle Kids Cancer
Learn how five-year-old Maya Finkelstein of Wyckoff, New Jersey, overcame her battle with pediatric cancer and started her own fundraising campaign to help Tackle Kids Cancer. 
Schooling Pediatric Cancer: A Teacher’s Run to Beat Cancer in Honor of his Brother
Johnny O’Hanlon, a teacher from Haworth, will be hitting the ground running on Sunday, November 5 at the TCS New York City Marathon in honor of his younger brother, David.
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Bringing Smiles and Hope to Pediatric Patients at JFK University Medical Center
To honor the life of Marisa Tufaro, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation and the Middlesex County community rallied together in her memory, culminating in a heartfelt gesture to support pediatric patients and their loved ones at JFK University Medical Center. Since December, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation has made a generous multi-part gift to bring smiles to pediatric patients and their families. Generous donations include a portable Starlight Nintendo gaming station, four new iPads with protective cases, more than 700 children’s books, hundreds of toys, and two multi-device charging stations for parents. In addition, the foundation also made a monetary gift to support the Patient Assistance Fund, which offers relief for families dealing with various personal or medical expenses. “We are grateful for the opportunity to honor Marisa’s loving memory by supporting her hometown hospital which, incredibly, assisted more than 23,000 patients in its pediatric emergency department last year alone,” says Greg Tufaro, Marisa’s father and co-executive director of the foundation. “We are honored to be able to pay forward the benevolence of our nonprofit’s supporters from across Middlesex County and beyond with donations that can help ease some of the anxiety or stress these pediatric patients may experience and burdens their families may face.” Born with a complex cardiac defect, Marisa Tufaro survived six open-heart surgeries and a heart transplant before succumbing in January 2017 to a rare form of cancer following a courageous battle. She was just 13 years old.
The Audrey Hepburn Children’s House at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, a state-designated Regional Diagnostic Center for child abuse and neglect, is providing much-needed services for infants, children, adolescents and their family members who are suspected victims of abuse.
Empowering Recovery and Healing for Children and Families through Community Fundraising
The Audrey Hepburn Children’s House at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, a state-designated Regional Diagnostic Center for child abuse and neglect, is providing much-needed services for infants, children, adolescents and their family members who are suspected victims of abuse.