{"id":15259,"date":"2025-12-05T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/northeastwesternwi\/?post_type=jdrf_event&#038;p=15259"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:44:41","slug":"smith","status":"publish","type":"jdrf_event","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/northeastwesternwi\/events\/smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund A Cure with the Smith Family | Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin Gala 2026"},"author":1216,"featured_media":12356,"template":"","event-categories":[1061],"class_list":["post-15259","jdrf_event","type-jdrf_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jdrf_event_category-other"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fund A Cure with the Smith Family | Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin Gala 2026 - Northeast and Western Wisconsin Chapter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/northeastwesternwi\/events\/smith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fund A Cure with the Smith Family | Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin Gala 2026 - Northeast and Western Wisconsin Chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Family and Friends,  On Saturday, March 7, 2026, our family will be honored at the Breakthrough T1D Gala at the Italian Community Center. 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