Giving Back

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – If you are in need of food during the pandemic, here are places giving out free food in the Coral Springs area and Broward County between April 7-12.

According to Feeding South Florida, these “drive-thru” style locations are providing a variety of food:

- April 7, 10-12 p.m., Sunrise at Tennis Club, 9605 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise

- April ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In the back of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a small field is giving life to tomatoes, cucumbers, mangos, and other fruits and vegetables.

For years, students and teachers have planted seeds and trees and built a hydroponic garden and flower beds in the area known as Marjory’s Garden.

They toiled there to learn about gardening, get service hours, and ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Be on the lookout for a spring goodie bag from the Coral Springs Police Department. 

Twenty schools serving Coral Springs had 31 new cases of Covid-19 among students, teachers, and others between March 14-20.

And a Publix employee was charged with exposing himself in his SUV outside a Publix store in Coral Springs.

Read these Coral Springs stories and more ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Be on the lookout for a spring goodie bag from the Coral Springs Police Department.

Officers will be giving out up to 1,000 colorful bags containing plastic eggs with candy and other treats to children and adults as they patrol the city in the coming days to mark the spring holiday season – Easter, Passover, and Ramadan.

“It’s the season of ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – If you are in need of food during the pandemic, here are places giving out free food in Coral Springs and Broward County this week.

According to Feeding South Florida, these “drive-thru” style locations are providing a variety of food:

- March 29: 9-11 a.m., Community Christian Church, 10001 West Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac.

- March 31: 10-12 p.m., ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs sergeant was honored this week as Law Enforcement Officer of the Day by the Florida House of Representatives for his service during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy.

Jeff Heinrich, who supervises the Coral Springs Police Department’s K-9 unit, got praised Thursday for helping a wounded student and then searching the school for the ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – If you are in need of food because of the Covid-19 crisis, there are lots of places providing free food in Coral Springs and Broward County between March 24-27.

These “drive-thru” style events offer various assortments of food, according to Chabad of Coral Springs and Feeding South Florida:

- March 24: 5-7 p.m., Chabad of Coral Springs, 3925 North ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday, a 65-year-old Coral Springs retiree finished running a fundraiser for a local food distribution initiative.

Thomas Dobbs had run during daytime and nighttime in parks and well-lit areas of Coral Springs since Friday morning -- for a total of 56 miles in 48 hours.

“I still have all my toenails,” the longtime city resident ...

PARKLAND, FL- Gina Rose Montalto would have graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this year. Montalto, a member of the Class of 2021, was a victim of the mass shooting at MSD High School in February 2018.

Gina was known for having a huge heart to help others. In honor of Gina and to commemorate her graduation year, the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation will ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – For weeks, Thomas Dobbs drove past the long line of cars waiting to pick up food boxes at Chabad of Coral Springs and wondered what he could do to help people get through the hardship of the pandemic.

On Friday, the longtime city resident and retired water treatment plant project director put on his jogging shoes and started a fundraiser to support the ...