A wish granted: Valley grad Ferrel gifts track & field pit

  • WISH IN PROGRESS Valley's Jackie Ferrel, diagnosed with kidney failure, was selected to receive a gift from the Make-AWish Foundationandshechose a donation to Valley schools in the form of a jump pit for track. | COURTESY PHOTO
    WISH IN PROGRESS Valley's Jackie Ferrel, diagnosed with kidney failure, was selected to receive a gift from the Make-AWish Foundationandshechose a donation to Valley schools in the form of a jump pit for track. | COURTESY PHOTO

    Construction has begun on a new UIL–compliant long jump and triple jump pit at Valley School. The funds for this project were donated by Make-A-Wish North Texas after former Valley student Jackie Ferrel requested to gift her “wish” to Valley High School in the form of a new pit.

    Those who know Ferrel find it no surprise that she chose to gift her wish back to Valley. Diagnosed in 2018 with kidney f…