Singers, Musicians Perform To Help Bergen Girl With Brain Injury

Singers and musicians came together this month to help Sara Goffredo, a 16-year-old Mahwah girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury in May.

Goffredo was out shopping with her mom May 17 when she had trouble breathing and went into cardiac arrest on the way to the ambulance. She suffered loss of oxygen to the brain and lost consciousness. She spent weeks in the hospital and is now at home recovering.

More than $60,000 has been donated online to help Goffredo's family pay for medical bills.

A group of residents hosted the Sing for Sara fundraiser at the Mason Jar Oct. 9.

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Two Mahwah mothers, Linda Means Mavretish and Kathleen Flatley and The Iron Rail Band organized the event.

The group Chasing Trains and Mahwah teachers, James Dalessio, David Iacoviello, Donald Hayek, and Irene Lahr performed. The restaurant donated a portion of proceeds taken in from the event to the Goffredo family.

Jim Wysocki donated an autographed Les Paul guitar that will be auctioned off. The proceeds will be donated to the family.

"Mahwah is a family and this is what Mahwah does for family," said Council President John Roth.

Presenting the Les Paul guitar to Sara’s mother are, from left: Jim Wysocki, far left, several friends of Sara's, Linda Goffredo (holding the guitar), Mahwah Town Council President John Roth, Mahwah Elk Exalted Ruler Danny LaFrancois, Mahwah Fire Chief Tom Loretto, and First Assistant Fire Chief Ken Warnet. Photo courtesy of Kim Barron

Sara Goffredo, courtesy of GoFundMe