Jill and Jeff McCaffrey
Lindi Janulewicz and Emma Kate Brown
Event Chairs Robyn Freeman, Dawn Buchanan, Susan Knapp, Executive Director Shawn Reynolds
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JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION 14TH ANNUAL GALA
Audrey Arthur and Christine Smith
Annie and Ken Bird
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February 26th, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation held its 14th Annual Gala, which was themed “Big Dreams, Big Hearts…Real Hope for a Cure,” at the Qwest Center Omaha. The event raised over $550,000 for diabetes research efforts. Janice and Bob Batt were Chief Dream Officers for the event, while Dawn and Doug Buchanan, Robyn and Bob Freeman, and Susan and Bob Knapp acted as event chair couples. Head of KETV NewsWatch 7 I-Team, Rob McCartney, served as the master of ceremonies. Husker football player Ben Cotton kicked off the evening and spoke about his own experience with diabetes. Among the highest grossing items in the live auction were a Taylor Swift package and a week-long trip for 10 to Telluride, Colorado. A Fund A Cure video followed the auction, featuring the stories of Lindi Janulewicz and Emma Kate Brown, as they shared their personal experience of living with type 1 diabetes. JDRF is the largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research.
Nolan Dunn, Xavier McCaig, Trevor Horton, Mattie Cunningham and Elianna Loftus
Sid Meridith and Sara Comer
For more information on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, visit www.jdrf.org.
Chief Dream Officers Janice and Bob Batt
Cindy and Jim Irvine