Child advocate, author and philanthropist Mark Kennedy Shriver will deliver the keynote address at Hopelink’s 18th annual Reaching Out Benefit Luncheon on Monday, Oct. 21 at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center.

The luncheon is the Redmond-based social services agency’s largest fundraising event of the year. Last year’s luncheon raised more than $1 million to provide food, shelter, family development, transportation and job readiness skills for homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in north and east King County.

Shriver leads Save the Children’s U.S. Programs, which is working to ensure a fair start for all children in America – including the nearly one in four living in poverty. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994 to 2002 and is the son of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Shriver’s best-selling memoir, A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver, was published in June 2012.

There is no charge to attend the noon to 1:15 p.m. event, but during the program guests will be asked to make a donation in support of Hopelink’s services. For more information about the luncheon contact Justin Williams at jwilliams@hope-link.org.

Meydenbauer Center is located at 11100 NE Sixth St.