{"id":12653,"date":"2026-09-23T20:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/oregonsouthwestwa\/?post_type=jdrf_event&#038;p=12653"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:14:59","slug":"breakthrough-t1d-portland-hope-gala-launch","status":"publish","type":"jdrf_event","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/oregonsouthwestwa\/events\/breakthrough-t1d-portland-hope-gala-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough T1D Portland Hope Gala Launch"},"author":1371,"featured_media":12651,"template":"","event-categories":[5],"class_list":["post-12653","jdrf_event","type-jdrf_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jdrf_event_category-gala"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breakthrough T1D Portland Hope Gala Launch - Oregon and Southwest Washington 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\/oregonsouthwestwa\/events\/breakthrough-t1d-portland-hope-gala-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breakthrough T1D Portland Hope Gala Launch - Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Help Us Launch the 2027 Breakthrough T1D Portland Hope Gala Season!\u00a0  Next year\u2019s Breakthrough T1D Portland Hope Gala is Saturday, May 1, 2027, at the Sentinel Hotel, and the planning for this exciting annual event is in full swing. 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