Mike Giegerich here! I’m End Overdose’s publicist, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to over the past month with our latest stakeholder update. This year’s EDC was our biggest EDC to date as we distributed over 20,000 doses of naloxone; we saw collaborations with names like The Used; and our team in Arkansas continued our mission to train 10,000 residents throughout the state.

Read on below for all the details (including our total outreach stats for the month of May)! Thanks for your ongoing support of End Overdose!

OUR MAY 2025 OUTREACH

• 754,461 people reached
• 36,700 people trained
• 32,263 naloxone doses distributed
• 1,966 test strips distributed
• 56 events tabled

ON THE GROUND

We brought our lifesaving training and naloxone to EDC where we distributed over 21,000 doses of naloxone and trained over 10,500 attendees.

We trained thousands more festival goers across festivals like Cruel World, Just Like Heaven, Forbidden Kingdom, Head In The Clouds, A Sublime Life Sobriety Festival, and many other destinations across the country.

IN ARKANSAS

Continuing our work with the Arkansas DHS to achieve 10,000 residents trained in 2025, we trained over 300 residents in person across 7 events and 4 long-form trainings.

The Arkansas Times covered our work in Arkansas by speaking with our Arkansas Outreach & Fulfillment Coordinator Sierra Jeans about her work across the state.

We also saw billboards go up around the state, promoting our free training and free naloxone with free shipping to all Arkansas residents.

COLLABORATIONS

We collaborated with legendary emo frontman Bert McCracken from The Used on a call-to-action that caught major traction on socials.

We further collaborated with End Overdose OG supporters Johnny HEALTH and Sextile, hardcore producer DEAD X, our friends from the I’m Peaking Podcast, and Riley Shiann.

IN THE PRESS

We appeared on Las Vegas NOW’s afternoon broadcast to speak with their team about End Overdose’s goal to distribute tens of thousands of naloxone doses at EDC. We additionally saw coverage from our friends at EDMTunes and I WANT EDM about our work at the festival.

CHAPTER APPLICATIONS

Our chapter application window ran throughout May – we’re now in the process of interviewing and welcoming new chapters to the 2025-2026 outreach year!

OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

Our volunteer of the month is Katherine Kafkis! As the co-founder of our UW-Madison chapter, Katherine has been instrumental in making her campus safer (and has been able to volunteer at EDC multiple times with our HQ team). Thanks for everything you do, Katherine!