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Mike Giegerich here! I’m End Overdose’s Director of Communications. September was another massive month for our nonprofit, both in terms of quantifiable outreach and in our mission to save lives through our free training, naloxone, and test strip distribution. Whether it’s meeting music fans in person at festivals or training them online, we’re making a sizable impact in this essential work.
Read on below for all of the highlights from the past month, learn about our initiatives, and consider volunteering for End Overdose to contribute to months like these if you’re not already a member of our amazing volunteer team. Together, we can end overdose. No one else has to die!
OUR NATIONWIDE OUTREACH
In September of 2025, we reached 750,894 people, distributed 85,387 doses of naloxone, trained 61,637 people, distributed 2,854 test strips, and tabled 103 events.
These numbers were made possible in large part due to offering our rapid training at a number of flagship festivals including Nocturnal Wonderland, Lost Lands, Portola, Breakaway Massachusetts, Breakaway Philadelphia, Healing Appalachia, Breakaway Carolina, and more.
A particularly exciting moment for End Overdose this September was led by our University of Kentucky chapter who trained 25,000 festival goers at Healing Appalachia onstage.
Across all of these events and festivals, we’re grateful for our promoter partners who allow us to bring our education and resources to meet music fans, train them, and hear their stories.
As always, our classic online training and our recently revealed Narcat’s World are also making overdose response training possible from the comfort of people’s homes. Whether you’re at a festival or on your computer, becoming equipped with lifesaving tools and resources is accessible through End Overdose.
OUR ARTIST COLLABORATIONS
At End Overdose, we recognize that social media users are especially apt to pay attention to their favorite artists, musicians, influencers, and other personalities. Thus, our collaborations with creatives are essential to spreading lifesaving tools to people across TikTok, Instagram, and more.
Our most successful collaborations were a run of five videos featuring Mars (aka Yung Planet) and recent Atlantic Records signee Kami Kehoe. Together, their videos eclipsed 1.6 million views between Instagram and TikTok alone, culminating in a collaborative video between the two that explained how to use fentanyl test strips.
We continued our longstanding series of collaborations with OG End Overdose supporter Morgan Freed – co-founder of the acclaimed Emo Nite brand that curates parties and experiences with emo music at their core nationwide and now across the globe – on a video showing how to use fentanyl test strips. We’re always excited to bring our education and resources to the alternative music community.
We also worked with medical experts like LAUSD Chief Medical Director Dr. Smita Malhotra and Hillside Wellness founder Dr. Irene Yaymadjian on a series of videos that educated viewers on how to respond to an overdose and access free naloxone and test strips. The support of professionals from the public health and psychological space is vital to grounding our work in proven principles.
We additionally found support from social media whiz Tony Mangucci, emotional electronic producer Said The Sky, Darius Gaddy, Bad JuuJu, and more.
OUR CHAPTERS AND VOLUNTEERS
It was a busy month for our 68 chapters nationwide!
University of Alabama's Sarah Clevenger led an initiative to add 25 students to their chapter with a team of trainers, photographers, event coordinators and outreach directors. Our University of Arkansas chapter conducted a Greek Life training and trained 300 students how to identify and respond to an overdose. And one state over, Dallas chapter president Aspen Hough coordinated a Hazard movie tour sponsored by director Edward Mensore. Alongside facilitating a panel with faculty, Aspen showed a screening of Hazard to 50 students which is a poignant new movie about overcoming addiction.
At End Overdose, we’re composed of over 1,500 volunteers and 70 chapters, so everyone's efforts are crucial and endlessly appreciated. This month, we specifically spotlighted David Budnik, Jordan Jaloma, Erick Perez, and Bree Revelle as volunteers of the week!
OUR WORK IN ARKANSAS
We partnered with Mobilize Recovery for their Campus Surge 2025 stop at the University of Central Arkansas. With hundreds of students in attendance and speeches from special guests like Tom Farley, to live sets from artists like American Idol winner Noah Thompson and local Arkansas outfit The Band Census, the event made for a powerful convergence of art, culture, and recovery. End Overdose’s brand new UCA chapter also tabled the event alongside other local overdose prevention and response organizations to spread lifesaving education and resources in a milestone moment for our Arkansas program.
We’ve also been proud to unveil a series of powerful videos filmed with local director Mytaah Crawford of Crawford Studios. For the video series, we teamed up with local metal band Gallowwalker, End Overdose volunteer Tyler Stone, and our own Jeans to share their unique perspectives on overdose prevention and response. Whether it’s experience using naloxone, being saved by naloxone, or leading the charge to distribute naloxone, three distinct voices are unified behind the message that Arkansas residents can get free naloxone from End Overdose and learn to save a life.
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