BCA is excited to welcome Doc Hendley to the stage as the June 2015 Guest Speaker. Hendley’s story will inspire you to “Do Great Things”, as he details his amazing feat of life-saving generosity, by turning Wine to Water.
In 2003 Doc Hendley dreamed up the concept of Wine To Water while bartending and playing music in nightclubs around Raleigh, North Carolina. In January of 2004 he held his first fundraiser and by August was living in Darfur, Sudan installing water systems for victims of the government-supported genocide.
When Hendley returned home in 2005, the haunting memories of what he had seen in Darfur drove him to continue growing the organization he had started only two years earlier. And in 2007, after working two jobs and volunteering his time for over three years, Wine To Water became an official 501 (c)(3) and Hendley’s dream finally became a reality.Hendley was named one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2009
