Hopelink's 13th Annual REACHING OUT Benefit LuncheonFeaturing keynote speaker Edward James Olmos actor, director/producer, community activist. Monday, October 20, 2008 Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, Noon - 1:15pm Luncheon Co-chairs Scott and Ally Svenson invite you to meet Mr. Olmos' challenge to "reach out to your neighbor" by helping Hopelink to raise over $1,000,000 to help families meet their needs for food, shelter, homelessness prevention, family development and stabilization, transportation, energy assistance, and adult literacy skills. Here's how you can help:
Private donations are critical to sustain Hopelink's more than 40 programs and services. Last year we raised over $4 million in private contributions and corporate support and over $1 million of it was raised at the luncheon! Your support is critical to meeting that goal again this year. Olmos' message, "We're All in the Same Gang," speaks to our ability and need to work together to strengthen our community. Given the current economic challenges families are experiencing we must work together to reach our $1,000,000 goal again this year. A minimum $150 donation is suggested. For more information, please contact Venetia Vango at venetiav@hope-link.org or 425-897-3705. About Edward James Olmos Emmy-winning and Oscar nominated actor Edward James Olmos will be the keynote speaker at Hopelink's 13th annual Reaching Out luncheon to be held Monday, October 20, 2008, at Bellevue's Meydenbauer Center. This is the most important yearly fundraiser for Hopelink, the Eastside's largest social services agency working with poor families and the homeless. Last year, supporters raised a record one million dollars to help people in need in the community. In 1988, Olmos received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Jaime Escalante, the eccentric but dedicated math teacher, in Stand and Deliver, which he also produced. Olmos also won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Lt. Castillo on the popular television series Miami Vice. While Olmos is well known for Miami Vice, his current role as Commander Adama on Sci-Fi series Battlestar Galactica, and critically acclaimed work in films like Stand and Deliver, American Me, Selena and My Family/Mi Familia, Olmos also makes time to participate in many humanitarian efforts. He is a US Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, and a national spokesperson for organizations such as the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. He has worked with David Rockefeller of the Rockefeller Foundation, and serves on the boards of many groups and organizations. He is also the executive director of the Lives In Hazard Educational Project, a national gang prevention program funded by the US Dept. of Justice. He speaks at an average of 150 institutions each year. He also played an instrumental role in the cleanup efforts after the LA riots, the 1993 Los Angeles earthquake, and Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Interested in being a table captain at this years event? Contact Venetia Vango at 425-897-3705 or email: VenetiaV@hope-link.org If your business is interested in becoming a corporate sponsor please contact Karen Sherwood, Hopelink Business Relations Officer, ksherwood@hope-link.org or 425.869.6022. The presence of your organization as a sponsor will be appreciated and remembered by the loyal supporters and event guests - and most importantly, the people Hopelink serves. Table Captain page Add this event to your Outlook calendar. Print a printer friendly page. Parking at the luncheonParking this year will be available at the Tower 333 Parking Garage, located at NE 4th Street and 108th Avenue. The cost is $12.00, and Hopelink will have 4 free shuttles running continually from the lot to the Meydenbauer. There will be 550 spaces reserved for our luncheon attendees, so please carpool! Other parking garages are available, but very limited. Only at the 333 will there be Hopelink shuttles for our guests. The Meydenbauer is just one block northeast from Metro’s Bellevue Transit Center. Luncheon Parking. (pdf file) |
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