Personal Life
Allen serves as an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and raises funds through his "Sack Diabetes" program. Allen was also an active role model in the JDRF's Children's Congress 2009. He is an avid hunter, and has interviewed with Field & Stream. He was among four NFL players that were sent overseas on a NFL-USO tour to visit with U.S. military troops: "It has been one of the best experiences of my life – something that I'll never forget. We as players probably get more out of it than you do as Soldiers and Marines."
He created his own charity, the Jared Allen's Homes 4 Wounded Warriors, in October 2009, in order to build handicapped-accessible homes for severely wounded military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. His grandfather and younger brother also served in the Marines.
He currently resides in Chanhassen, MN.
In September 2010, Allen contributed $3,000 to Downey, California animal shelter SEACCA's reward fund for information leading to an arrest, in connection to a horse being starved and abandoned on a Los Angeles city street.
He was also featured in the 2010 film Jackass 3D, doing a stunt which features him blindsiding Johnny Knoxville.
On October 27, 2011 Jared Allen and his wife Amy welcomed a new baby girl, Brinley Noelle Allen, to their family.
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