Trooper Tamar Bucci Memorial Fund

08/19/2026

💙 Community isn’t just who shows up when something terrible happens. It’s who keeps showing up years later.

This Memorial Fund became our family’s way of keeping Tamar present — by creating the kind of impact that feels true to who she was. What it has become, the people we’ve been able to reach, and the good we’ve been able to do in her name is more than we ever imagined.

And we never could have done any of it alone.

You’ve shown up at the events. For the kids and families we support. With a donation, a share, an idea, a helping hand — or simply by continuing to say Tamar’s name.

More than four years later, you’re still here. Still showing up.

That’s community. And it means more to our family than you probably know. 💫

08/16/2026

The best part? Watching kids discover the impact they can make💜
We teamed up with MAWLE to support their camp community project — providing backpacks that the girls filled with school supplies for local kids in need. 🎒

With the help of ADSL Charity Group, those backpacks made their way to local families — and Miss Massachusetts Miss Massachusetts joined the girls for a pretty special handoff.

Kids helping kids. Women lifting up the next generation. Community showing up for community.

We couldn’t do any of this without the community that continues to show up alongside us. All in Tamar’s memory. 💜

08/12/2026

Honestly? This is the best part of what we do 💫 turning your generous donations into someone else’s first day of school. Because every kid deserves to walk in feeling ready.
💙 Fall Backpacks in progress.

08/11/2026

We spent the morning with an incredible group of young women at MAWLE & Me Camp, sharing who Tamar was as a daughter, sister, friend and trooper—and the kindness, courage and sense of service that shaped her life 💙

On Friday, the girls will carry those lessons into action by assembling backpacks for local kids in need and writing personal notes of encouragement to place inside each one.

We’re grateful to MAWLE for giving us the opportunity to share Tamar’s story and kickoff a meaningful week of service together💫

07/24/2026

💙 Miss you Tum

Trooper Tamar Anoush Bucci, 34, of the Massachusetts State Police, was responding to one of the most routine calls an officer can receive — a disabled motorist on the side of a highway — when the course of that night changed permanently. Her marked patrol SUV, with emergency lights fully activated, was struck by a gasoline tanker truck carrying approximately 10,000 gallons of fuel on Interstate 93 northbound near Exit 27 in Stoneham. The force of the impact pushed her cruiser off the roadway and into a stone wall beside the breakdown lane. Good Samaritans on the scene pulled her from the vehicle, and a passing Stoneham officer immediately administered CPR before she was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was later pronounced lost.

Trooper Bucci was only two years into what her family and colleagues described as her "dream" job. Before joining the Massachusetts State Police as a member of the 85th training troop, she had worked as a personal trainer and as a security officer at Encore Boston Harbor. She carried that same commitment to people — physical, personal, professional — into every shift she wore the badge. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker stated that there is no greater sacrifice than giving one's life in service of others, and that Trooper Bucci embodied the very best of the Massachusetts State Police.

In her honor, a memorial bridge over I-93 in Stoneham was dedicated, and the Trooper Tamar Bucci Memorial Fund was established by her family to support children and young adults. She had spent her life lifting others — as a trainer, as a protector, as a trooper — and the bridge now stands at the exact stretch of highway where she answered her final call. Her department described her final act as one that "embodies the mission of the State Police to help those in need." A mission she lived fully in just two years.

07/18/2026

Today was all about carrying Tamar’s legacy forward💙

We visited the Medford and Melrose Junior Police Academies to share who Tamar was behind the badge—and the values she lived every day:

✨ Be brave
✨ Be kind
✨ Always look for ways to help others

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were also proud to make a financial contribution to support Medford’s academy.

This is your impact. Your support helps create meaningful experiences for young people while keeping Tamar’s values at the heart of our community.

A massive thank you to the Medford and Melrose Police Departments for welcoming us—and to every cadet who accepted the and carried out a small act of kindness💙

05/25/2026

Proud to run in honor of Tum and the many heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice 💙