Coppell Community Gardens serve up more than fresh veggies

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Video coming soon The Coppell Community Gardens is one of Coppell’s most beautiful and unknown assets, up-kept by the few dozen of dedicated volunteers who wake each Saturday morning to prepare the fruits of their labor for pick-up by the Metrocrest Foodbank. Harvesting, weighing and bagging the produce, tilling soil, mulching, turning compost and fertilizing and watering plots only names a fraction of what it takes to create over 1,642 pounds of edible produce in one winter month. Coppell has two of these volunteer-run gardens, the Helping Hands garden beside Town Center and the Ground Delivery garden beside the Post Office. Both offer a serene environment for those who pass through as…

Cans for a cause: Food Pantry assists needy Coppell families

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer Coppell High School started its very own food pantry officially at the beginning of this school year and, after a rocky start of trying to get it started in years past, it has finally taken off. The Food Pantry, an idea by Assistant Principal Laura Stout, is located on campus and provides non-perishable food items like cereal, canned goods and pastas to provide temporary relief to Coppell High School families in need. The high demand for necessities that families faced last year in the heat of the economy jump started the need for a year-round food pantry. “The pantry got started by finding out through students that several families couldn’t…