My Nonprofit Reviews

This charitable work began 16 or 17 years ago, when Christine Ellis and her sister Shella started making sandwiches and feeding the homeless with a compelling message of hope, love and recovery every Sunday under the 7th St. Bridge. After the hurricane in Haiti, she started a relief effort for supplies to Haiti which grew with the help of local Realtor Michael Pollack, Fed Ex and I believe the Coast Guard. During the transition, or somewhere along the line, the 7th St. Bridge charity effort was joined by Kat Pollard and Foothills Community Services who worked along side Christine, and eventually shouldered the whole effort. Christine is now running for Chandler City Council. Being a friend of Christine's, I was aware of the work, and enjoyed playing the saxophone at times for the homeless who came to be fed. I'll tell you, the audience was good and appreciative for the most part. Christine used to take a head count and there would be 700 - 800 people being fed. Some people acted strange at odd times, and it was good to be with an organization that knew just what to do. Never did I see anyone get violent or ruin the event for others. I may not be precisely correct on the history, but this is my understanding/recollection of how everything developed. I have not played my sax for them in about a year because of other commitments, but I will keep it in mind, because this is a worthy cause. Rex Decker, Esq. The Golden Rule Law Group.