Checkpoint Initiative

UPDATE

The bed has been taken care of, and notebooks, pens, and folders have also been offered. 💛

Thank you to everyone who commented, messaged, shared ideas, or helped connect resources. This is exactly why community connection matters.

Thank you all for helping move this forward🙌

Checkpoint is helping connect resources for someone who is preparing to graduate from sober living and move into their next step.

We are incredibly proud of this person. We have been able to support them and their family in small ways along the journey through peer support, resource connection, encouragement, and simply being a listening ear when things were heavy.

That is part of what recovery support really is. Sometimes people need resources. Sometimes families need guidance. Sometimes they just need someone to answer, listen, and remind them that the next step is still possible.

One of the immediate needs now is a clean twin mattress/bed, or a lead on one that is in good condition.

Other helpful transition items could include basic bedding, pillows, hygiene items, notebooks, pens, or gift cards for groceries and basic needs while they get settled and work toward stable income.

Transitions after treatment or sober living can be a vulnerable time. Something as simple as having a safe place to sleep, groceries for the first week, or basic supplies to stay organized can make a real difference when someone is trying to keep moving forward.

If you have a clean mattress/bed available, helpful transition items, gift cards, or know of a local resource that may be able to help, please send us a message.

We are not asking anyone to drop anything off without coordinating first. We just want to help connect the right resource to the right person in a safe and respectful way.

Thank you for helping us support recovery in practical ways. 💛

Our website is being updated and expanded, and we are starting to open up more ways for people to get involved. 🤝

The Get Involved page is now live with several volunteer paths, including app testing, training support, access point support, events, outreach, fundraising, digital support, and advisory interest.

Right now, our highest-priority needs are

👉App Testers

👉Training Team Members

For App Testers, we need people with Android phones who are serious about helping test the early Checkpoint safety app. There is a testing guide to follow, and the main focus right now is running the safety timer repeatedly in different ways, checking alerts and notifications, and giving honest feedback about what works, what is confusing, and what needs to be fixed.⤵️

You do not need to be a tech person, but you do need to have time, follow the guide, and be willing to give clear feedback.

👉We also need people interested in helping build our training team for overdose prevention, Narcan education, community safety, nightlife safety, and resource navigation.

📣 We know volunteering time is not a small thing. People are working, raising families, healing, surviving, and carrying full schedules. We do not take anyone’s time or energy lightly. But if you have even a small amount of time, skill, experience, or heart to offer, there may be a place for you in this work. 💯

The site is still being tightened up, but the volunteer pages are live enough to start connecting people with real roles.

The Get Involved page and App Tester link are in the comments of this original post. 💛

We had a presence at last night’s Eureka Springs City Council meeting about the Entertainment District as we continue preparing to activate our nightlife initiative.

This work did not start overnight. Over the last several months, we have been joining community conversations and participating in prevention efforts like the youth opioid task force work happening in Carroll County.

Now we are beginning to connect those pieces into something more visible.

We are still early, but this is how prevention grows: by showing up, listening, and helping turn community concern into real systems.

Thank you to every volunteer, partner, and supporter helping make this possible. 💛

One thing we've learned through outreach is that crisis doesn't always look the way people expect it to.

Sometimes it's obvious.

Sometimes it's hidden behind a smile, a joke, a busy schedule, or someone saying they're fine.

That's one reason community matters.

People looking out for each other will always be one of the strongest safety systems we'll ever have. 💛

We are grateful to partner with Every Soul Matters Ministries for the mobile clinic event held every third Saturday.

This event is doing real work for people in our Fayetteville community, free haircuts, showers, support, connection, and practical help for people who are often overlooked.

Overdose prevention and peer support belongs in spaces like this. Naloxone access should be simple, respectful, and available where people already are.

We’re thankful for the people and organizations showing up consistently and meeting real needs with dignity. 💛

📣 Myth vs. Fact

❌ Myth: Narcan is useless if it's been sitting in a hot car.

✅ Fact: Heat is not ideal, but naloxone may still work even if it has been exposed to temperatures outside the recommended storage range.

The perfect Narcan kit is one that has been stored exactly as recommended.

The second-best Narcan kit is the one you actually have when someone stops breathing.

If you suspect an overdose:

• Administer the naloxone you have.
• Call 911 immediately.
• Follow emergency instructions.

Don't let perfect get in the way of potentially saving a life. 💛

For quite a while now, Checkpoint has talked about building technology that supports community safety.

We're finally reaching the point where some of those ideas are becoming real tools.

The image below is from the current beta version of the Checkpoint app, which is now entering another phase of testing and refinement.

There is still work to do, but it's exciting to see something move from an idea on paper to a tool that people can actually use.

More information, screenshots, and opportunities to help test will be coming soon. 💛

A quick reminder that these resources aren't sitting untouched.

Over the past week we've restocked multiple Checkpoint access points after supplies were completely depleted.

That means people are finding them.
People are using them.
And people are reaching for help.

We've also seen an increase in overdose-related incidents and reports in our communities over the past several days. The need for education, Narcan access, training, and support remains very real.

Checkpoint is actively working on ways to strengthen community response, improve resource availability, and better understand where needs are emerging so we can respond more effectively. More updates soon on that soon.

Thank you to everyone helping make these resources available and accessible. 💛