Hopebeat Weekly: Remix Recipes, Win Prizes & Spread Hope

For this week’s Hopebeat Weekly, you’ll find ways to bring more Hope into your own life and share it with others, from our Recipe Remix Challenge to inspiring stories and opportunities to build more hopeful cities. Together, we are proving that Hope is not just an idea, it’s something we can practice every day.

Win Walmart Gift Cards by Joining the Recipe Remix Challenge
The Intentional Surgeon: Finding Hope in Surgery with Dr. Edward Barksdale
Back to School = Back to Hope!
Hopeful Cities: Bring Hope to Your Community
Join us for a virtual session: The Biggest Little Book About Hope with Kathryn Goetzke, presented by UCLA Friends of the Semel Institute – Open Mind Series

Win Walmart Gift Cards by Joining the Recipe Remix Challenge!

Your kitchen can be a place of joy, creativity, and Hope.

Here’s how to join:

Pick one of our 10 healthy recipes.
Remix it with your own flavor or twist.
Share your creation on social media with #ShineHope #RecipeRemixChallenge #CreateSparks and tag @Walmart @theshinehopecompany @zoya_theexplorer.

Prizes: On November 30, we’ll select six winners → $100, $50, and four $25 Walmart Gift Cards!

Whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, or your community—every meal is a chance to Shine Hope.

Don’t wait! Grab your recipe, remix it, and enter today!

Check out these recipe remix for inspiration!

Tomato Caprese Salad (Watch Here)
Watermelon Lime Slushie (Watch Here)

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The Intentional Surgeon: Finding Hope in Surgery with Dr. Edward Barksdale

In this episode, Dr. Sharon L. Stein and Dr. Edward Barksdale explore Hope as a discipline that fuels resilience and action in surgery and life. They discuss how vulnerability strengthens surgeons, why faith, family, and friends are vital sources of renewal, and how small acts of kindness, like reaching out to a colleague, can have a profound impact. The conversation also highlights the importance of mental health in medicine and the need to support one another through challenges.

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Back to School = Back to Hope!

This Saturday, we celebrated back-to-school with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, joined by Bradley Johnson from BUILD, Inc.— our Chicago Shine Hope Hero. Check out his interview and read his Shine Hope Story, a reminder that using skills, Hope is always possible.

Back-to-school isn’t just about new classes and supplies — it’s the perfect time to activate Hope in yourself, your school, and your community. Starting the year with Hope means building stronger foundations for learning, resilience, and connection.

If you live in Chicago, remember: thanks to the City of Chicago, Shine Hope resources are available at no cost to all residents.

Special thanks to Julian Miravalle, who continues to make Hope happen with us in Chicago and beyond.

Together, we’re showing the world that Hope is teachable — and it’s one of the most powerful tools we have for mental health, violence prevention, and thriving communities.

Download No-Cost Resources for Chicago

Hopeful Cities: Transform Your Community with Hope

You don’t need government approval to create change.
Anyone can lead a Hopeful City by licensing our proven public health initiative—designed to reduce suicide, addiction, and violence through evidence-based Hope programming.

Why bring Hopeful Cities to your area?

Backed by research
Community-driven and simple to launch
Scalable impact for neighborhoods, towns, and entire cities

Be the reason Hope grows where you live.

Message us and start building a more Hopeful City today.

Join us for a virtual session: The Biggest Little Book About Hope with Kathryn Goetzke, presented by UCLA Friends of the Semel Institute – Open Mind Series

Join Kathryn Goetzke on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | 5–6 PM PT for a moving virtual discussion about her journey through hopelessness and loss—and the birth of a global movement to teach Hope as a life skill.

This candid conversation is part of the Open Mind Series and will include insights from top researchers on the science of Hope and mental health.