Join Us for an Inspiring Conversation About Hope and the Power of Asking for Help with Steve Burns
Steve Burns is best known as the original host of Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues,” where he spent seven surreal years solving mysteries with a cartoon dog and a talking mailbox. Then he disappeared. On purpose.
Since then, Steve has released indie rock albums, toured with The Flaming Lips, wrote the theme song for “Young Sheldon,” served as a host and storyteller for NPR’s “The Moth,” and currently hosts the podcast “Alive with Steve Burns.” In 2021, he went massively viral by quietly breaking the internet with a heartfelt message to a generation of now-grown-up viewers, returning in character as the host of “Blue’s Clues,” to reassure them that he had never forgotten them after leaving to go to college.
As a speaker, Burns refines and re-examines the message of empowerment and exceptionalism he once delivered to children, carrying the thoughtful, care-driven conversation he began in their childhoods into adulthood, as they navigate the demands, pressures, and realities of grown-up life.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
VISIONARY SPONSORS
Scott Davis • David B. Miller • Bob Abbott
Barbara and Bud Applebaum • Chris and Brent Bolding • Polly and Mike Campbell
Co-Chairs
Founding Luncheon Chair
Raffle Chair
Host Committee
Judy Barton • Shelley and Jeff Becker • Polly and Mike Campbell
Suzan Bruce • Ben Campbell • Sandra Dickter • Talia Dickter • Risa Douglas
About Beacon of Hope
Beacon of Hope is the signature luncheon in the Dallas-Fort Worth area supporting children, teen, and young adult mental health and suicide prevention. Each year, this event features compelling speakers, a delicious lunch, and a raffle. Former luncheon speakers include Dak Prescott and Solomon Thomas, Drew Robinson, Patrick Kennedy, Glennon Doyle, Zak Williams, Nora McInerny Purmort, Delaney Ruston, JJ Virgin, Elizabeth McIngvale-Cegelski and Jim McIngvale, Kevin Hines, Suzy Favor Hamilton, Amanda Beard, Bev Cobain, Eric Hipple, and Terry Wise.
