Meet Chandler City Lifestyle's Honorees. Originally published in Chandler City Lifestyle. In , Christina Atwood went on a local Facebook group to invite the community to help provide goods for an arriving refugee family she had learned about, and the response was so overwhelming it led to joining with Nicole Earl to start and run a nonprofit, Gathering Humanity.
This grassroots organization provides essential goods to those experiencing resettlement. They organize community donations and volunteers in order to furnish apartments for refugees and others, helping make their house truly a home, offering not only a significant financial benefit but a warm welcome to new neighbors. It provides ways to engage people of all ages to make a difference and serve the vulnerable arriving in our area.
A native Arizonan, Kelly Schwab was the first in her family to graduate college. My family continues this commitment, and we volunteer together in the community through school and work.
Schwab also volunteers her time providing pro bono legal services to a local animal rescue organization, Halo Animal Rescue, and training municipal lawyers through the State Bar of Arizona. Madhavi Reddy is dedicated to connecting the community through an understanding of her Indian culture and making it approachable. She owns multiple local businesses, including ethnic grocery stores, a catering company, and Feringhee Modern Indian named best new restaurant in and first from the East Valley to top the list , bringing the people of Chandler and the southeast Valley together through food.
With the belief that no one should go to sleep hungry, her businesses support several local nonprofit organizations with food and meal donations.
