Reaching Out Celebration

Where

11100 Northeast 6th Street
Bellevue, Washington 98004

How

In Person only event

When

Date: Thursday, Oct 15th 2026

Time:

5:30PM to 8PM

31^st Annual Reaching Out Celebration

Evening Schedule

Doors open: 4:30 p.m.
Check-in, light refreshments & networking
Program: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner will be provided
Post Event: 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Meet & Greet with Rick Steves

About Reaching Out

We’re pleased to announce the featured speaker for Hopelink’s 31st annual Reaching Out Celebration: Rick Steves. 

Since 1995, the Reaching Out Celebration has brought community members from across our region together in support of a shared vision, a community free of poverty. As Hopelink’s premier fundraising event, this evening plays a critical role in raising both awareness and support for our work. 

This year’s program will feature powerful stories from individuals who have turned to Hopelink in times of need, along with a deeper look at our unique approach to serving the community. At a time of extraordinary need, this event helps bring critical resources to families across our region. 

We’re honored to welcome Rick Steves to this year’s celebration. His lifelong commitment to broadening perspectives, strengthening communities, and supporting causes that create meaningful change aligns deeply with Hopelink’s mission. His voice will help underscore what’s possible when people show up for one another, both locally and around the world. 

We look forward to sharing more general registration and Table Captain details soon! 

More About our Featured Speaker, Rick Steves:  

Rick Steves is a popular public television host, a best selling guide book author, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Rick lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his junior high school. 

Widely considered America’s leading authority on European travel, Rick Steves produces a best-selling series of guidebooks and is the author of Travel as a Political Act. He is dedicated to providing all Americans with access to travel information.

A longtime supporter of public broadcasting, he produces and hosts public television and radio shows that air nationwide. Rick is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe (RSE), a travel business with more than 100 full-time employees. RSE operates a successful small-group tour program, bringing more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. The company also contributes each year to a portfolio of climate-smart nonprofits, essentially paying a self-imposed carbon tax.