Safe Alliance is a Domestic Violence shelter in Charlotte that provides services to those seeking legal or protective care. Please see some information below on volunteering. Kitchen Volunteer Shift: Volunteers serve meals to shelter clients. Could involve food prep and light cleaning, e.g. sanitize tables, chairs, coke machine, wash dishes. If comfortable working with sharp objects, volunteers may be asked to use a knife slicer, blender, etc. Wear closed toe shoes. 4 volunteers max at a time. A quick, simple background check is done a few days before your service day due to the security of the shelter facility. Lunch Shift 11:30-1:30 (lunch is served from 12-1) Dinner Shift 4-6:30 (dinner is served 5-6) Dates: Tuesday, 10/1 Thursday, 10/10 Saturday, 10/19 Tuesday, 10/29 Please email Wendi Thom with the date and shift you’d like to serve and for her to help with getting you set up with Safe Alliance. CREW Group Leader: Wendi Thom, 704-370-8652, wendi.thom@stewart.com Safe Alliance Contact: Tambra Soliday, 704-367-2707, tambra.soliday@safealliance.org ***If the current dates don't work for your schedule there could be other dates available for the kitchen shift. Please reach out to Wendi Thom to inquire.***
Captain Sandy Yawn Superyacht Captain and Series Lead on "Below Deck Mediterranean" Leadership Lessons from Captain Sandy of Bravo’s Below Deck: Navigating Troubled Waters in Changing Times Captain Sandy captured our attention as the first female superyacht captain on Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean, and her fascinating stories hold leadership lessons for today’s live and virtual audiences. Through 30+ years of international maritime experience, Captain Sandy has broken glass ceilings, survived near-fatal accidents on land and pirates and fires at sea. Most business leaders will never have such life-or-death challenges in their daily work. But surviving stormy seas has taught Captain Sandy many invaluable lessons on such timeless leadership principles as inspiring your crew, that failure is ok, and empowering your team to accomplish their “win” together “in the same boat.” Enduring a voyage on a 154-foot vessel requires discerning when to be tough enough to stay the course or flexible enough to circumnavigate to calmer waters – decisions all leaders are faced with every day. Throughout her career, Captain Sandy has lived by the mantra, “Wake up, Show up, Kick Ass, Repeat!” Bio Captain Sandra Yawn (“Captain Sandy”) is a leader, hero and businesswoman whose exceptional leadership style has helped her to break through every obstacle in her path – from the glass ceilings and near-fatal accidents on land to pirates and fires at sea! As a renowned superyacht captain with over 30 years of international maritime experience, Yawn’s integrity and courage have earned her an outstanding reputation as an elite class of captain. Her unflappable leadership in the face of danger earned her recognition from the International Superyacht Society, who honored her with the prestigious Distinguished Crew Award for the bravery she exhibited in the midst of a catastrophic fire and pirate threat that occurred in 2006...
