<p>Doc Hendley, a Global Humanitarian and Clean Water Crusader, started as a bartender with a grand vision. </p><p>In 2004, he founded Wine To Water, a non-profit committed to providing sustainable clean water to communities worldwide. The organization has transformed over 1.6 million lives in 51 countries, working in areas affected by natural disasters, conflict zones, and impoverished regions.</p><p>Named one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes in 2009, Doc has harnessed the power of simple ideas to create significant impact. His initiative, the Wine To Water Filter Build® Experience, engages teams in building water filters, fostering relationships, and providing clean water to those in need. Doc's story exemplifies the transformational power of determination and compassion to change the world—one drop at a time.</p>
Founder and President of Wine To Water
<ul><li><strong>Hell Or High Water: How One Man Turned Wine Into Water And Transformed Customers Into Crusaders</strong></li><li>Doc Hendley was once a small-town bartender with a dream of changing the world through clean water. Through a series of simple wine-tasting events to raise funds for clean-water projects that he launched in North Carolina, he has created an international fundraising organization that provides clean water and sanitation to people in need around the world. In this speech, Hendley shares insights on how others can put simple ideas into action and use it to solve problems on the local, national, and international level. </li><li><strong>Digging For Hope: Turning Wine To Water And Other Modern Day Miracles</strong></li><li>In this inspirational keynote, Wine To Water founder Doc Hendley teaches audiences a simple but profound principle for improving the world: do what they can with what they have. As the founder of an international fundraising organization that had humble origins, Hendley illustrates the immense power of relationships to transcend perceived barriers, proving the power of one to transform the impossible into the inevitable.</li><li><strong>Turning Passion Into Action: The Wine To Water Filter Build® Experience</strong></li><li>Filter Builds engage participants as volunteers in a meaningful, impactful team-building experience that leads to the empowerment of communities around the globe through the power of clean water. </li><li>The WTW Filter Build® Experience offers a meaningful, hands-on approach to impacting communities worldwide with clean water. Whether your Filter Build® event is for a team of 25 or 14,000 co-workers and vendors meeting up at your global conference – this team-building, purpose-driven event is a great way to build relationships, purpose, and passion as you connect and give back. </li></ul>