Breakthrough T1D Little Rock Party with a Purpose 2027

Caroline and Will Peeples live in Little Rock, AR with their three daughters, ages 14, 12, and 8.

Will’s connection to Breakthrough T1D began when he was diagnosed with T1D at age 17 and continued when his niece was diagnosed at just 10 months old in 2009. After spending the first 15 years of their marriage in Nashville, TN, the Peeples returned home to Little Rock in 2023.

Will is the President of FoxDen Capital, while Caroline is a stay-at-home mom and an active leader in the Little Rock Christian Academy community. Much of her time is spent managing the many moving pieces of family life while also finding ways to contribute to the school and broader community.

Caroline and Will are excited to support Breakthrough T1D and are honored to serve as chairs of this year’s BT1D Gala. They look forward to bringing their family, friends, and community together in support of a cause that has been meaningful to their family for many years.

In January 2026, what began as a routine doctor’s appointment quickly turned into a phone call we will never forget: drive immediately to the ER to rule out Type 1 diabetes in our 14-year-old son, Hyatt. The next morning, our fears were confirmed, and Hyatt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

This year hasn’t looked quite the way any of us imagined, but we could not be prouder of the tenacity, grace, and responsibility Hyatt has shown in navigating his diagnosis. Type 1 diabetes is now part of Hyatt’s story, but it will never define him. He is an active baseball player, a loyal friend, and, above all, a warrior.

Many people don’t realize that Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented—and it never takes a day off. There are no vacations, holidays, or breaks from the constant calculations and decisions required to manage it. Hyatt, our family, and millions of others living with Type 1 face hundreds of medical decisions every single day. And while incredible advances in technology have made the disease more manageable, they are not a cure.

Every day, we pray for a future when Hyatt and the millions of others living with Type 1 no longer have to think about blood sugar, insulin, carbohydrates, alarms, or what might happen next. A future where they can simply live.

That is why finding a cure means so much to our family. We believe that future is possible, and we are honored to be a Fund A Cure family helping bring it closer—for Hyatt and for every family whose life has been changed by Type 1 diabetes.

The Deaton family has called Arkansas home for decades. Bill Deaton has practiced as an interventional radiologist with Radiology Associates, P.A. in Little Rock for 38 years, and Debie Deaton is an artist whose life has also included years of volunteer art teaching, prison ministry, and countless other volunteer initiatives. Their daughter, Chloe, is COO of Yellow Rocket Concepts, and their son, Max, is the Director of Health & Wellness Growth at Walmart’s headquarters in Northwest Arkansas. Max and his wife, Erin—a diabetes nurse—are raising their one-year-old son, Sam.

Type 1 diabetes became part of the Deaton family’s story in 1997, when Chloe was diagnosed at just five years old during a family trip to Disney World. At the time, there was no local chapter of what was then JDF in Arkansas. Bill and Debie saw the need for one and opened their home, gathering a group of people in their living room to create Arkansas’s first chapter.

Seven years later, Type 1 diabetes touched their family again when Max was diagnosed. What began around the Deatons’ living room has since grown into a community that has connected, supported, and advocated for Arkansas families for nearly three decades. For the Deatons, it is a legacy that began with one family facing an unexpected diagnosis—and choosing to make sure the families who came after them would not have to face it alone. They are proud to see all of the breakthroughs this organization has funded, and thrilled with the newest research showing so much promise for the cure we have all been chasing.