Ed Parze, Stephanie's Dad, joined us on 'Shore Time with Vin and Dave' on 94.3 The Point and 105.7 The Hawk to discuss what led to creating the Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation and how it continues to grow and help so many individuals and families.
Police looking for 12-year-old runaway from Freehold Township
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP A 12-year-old girl who got on a bus during a mall visit remained missing on Monday.
Police said Natalee Perez got on a bus at the Freehold Raceway Mall around 7 p.m. but it s not known where she was headed.
She is 5 feet 2 inches, 180 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. Her family loves her dearly and wants her back safe. While she is a habitual runaway she is also an animal lover, fierce protector of special needs children, junior member of the American Legion auxiliary. She has volunteered at assisted-living facilities, Ed Parze, of the Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation, said. He created the foundation partly to bring awareness to missing people after his own daughter went missing in 2019.
Her Angels and parents are also working to help victims of Domestic Violence attacks.
The Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation provides help and brings awareness to domestic violence and missing persons and create a variety of different avenues to make help available.
Their mission is to provide education, intervention and support for families dealing with Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse and missing loved ones.
On February 19 of 2020, which was Stephanie s 25th birthday, her parents, family, friends and the
Article continues below video of her 26th birthday celebration in 2020.
Stephanie s Dad, Edward Parze previously told Townsquare Media Jersey Shore News in 2020 that Stephanie would have been embarrassed by the sea of people wearing purple, her favorite color, in her honor, for her birthday last year.
Year after daughter’s killing, Parze family brings back Christmas light tradition
Updated Dec 12, 2020;
Posted Dec 12, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020 - Sharlene and Edward Parze s daughter Stephanie was killed last year by her ex-boyfriend. Her family was known in town for their huge Christmas light display, which they didn t put up last year while the search for Stephanie was going on. They decided to keep the tradition going this year for Stephanie. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Edward Parze wasn’t sure whether his family would be putting thousands of Christmas lights on their Freehold home this year, a three-decades old tradition.