Doc hendley is our founder and he went to sudan in 2004, established wine to water as an organization in 2007, and became a cnn hero in 2009. And in 2007, after working two jobs and volunteering his time for over three years, wine to water became an official 501 c3 and doc s dream finally became a reality. Doc lets the reader decide what lay behind his inspiration to found wine to water, saying only it couldve simply been the whiskey, or the conversation i had earlier that day, or divine inspiration, or all of it mashed together p. For the fourth consecutive time, wine to water, doc hendley s seminal book about the worlds fresh water crisis, has been selected as the hartwick college new student read. In developing nations, people are even more vulnerable to a pandemic without access to clean water, hand washing or. In 2003 he dreamed up the concept of the organization while bartending and playing music in nightclubs around raleigh, north carolina.
It is also an authoritative account of a global crisis and an inspirational tale that proves how ordinary people can improve the world. With a colleague from his darfur year, he succeeded, and through their grassroots network they began to spread their wings, undertaking water projects around the world. Doc hendley, wine to water atlantic speakers bureau. Penguin, january 2012, is a captivating story of an ordinary bartender whos changing the world through clean water. The captivating story of an ordinary bartender turned humanitarian whos changing the world through clean water. Wine to water by doc hendley is a nonfiction memoir of the author starting the wine to water nonprofit. After becoming aware of the worlds water crisis, doc held fundraisers at wine tastings and.
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