Hopelink's 13th Annual REACHING OUT Benefit Luncheon


Featuring keynote speaker Edward James Olmos
actor, director/producer, community activist.

Monday, October 20, 2008
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, Noon - 1:15pm

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.

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