Breakthrough T1D Nebraska Gala 2025

Jennifer and Ken Allred know all too well the overwhelming fear and uncertainty that comes with a type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis. They experienced these feelings first-hand when their son Jackson was diagnosed with T1D at the age of one. The Allreds were not about to sit around and let this disease just happen to their family. They found their community in JDRF (now “Breakthrough T1D”) and dove head-first into our mission. The Allreds have literally touched every aspect of our organization during the twenty years that have passed since Jackson’s diagnosis. From starting new Walks around the country, to leading the Nebraska Walk through an unprecedented world-wide pandemic, to advocating for our T1D community with our Members of Congress at Capitol Hill, to participating in multiple century bike rides for our mission, to now leading our Nebraska Gala, the Allreds have put their hearts and souls into finding cures for Jackson and all of our T1D loved ones. We are blessed to have champions like this fighting for our community. Please join us in congratulating and thanking our 2025 Nebraska Gala Honorees: Jennifer and Ken Allred. If you would like to make a Fund A Cure gift in honor of the Allred family, click HERE.

John Ondrasik is the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting, with chart topping hits like “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” and “100 years.”

The reflective “100 Years” has joined “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” as part of the American Songbook and continues to stand the test of time at weddings, birthdays, graduations, memorials, and many a home video. Five for Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350 films, television shows, and commercials, including the Oscar-winning The Blind Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Sopranos, and the CBS drama, Code Black.

AllMusic called Ondrasik “one of the decade’s leading balladeers.” and he has performed alongside other big-name artists like Paul McCartney, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, and dozens more.

Ondrasik has made a solid reputation for himself in the world of songwriting and performance, selling upwards of three million albums over his career.