JOLT Foundation

08/25/2026

Our staff are taking a couple of days to invest in themselves and each other over the next 2 days.

08/24/2026

On International Overdose Awareness Day, we gather to remember together—and to begin healing together.

JOLT Foundation invites our community to join us in honoring the people we have lost to overdose. This will be a welcoming space to rest, grieve, connect, and speak the names of those we carry with us.

There is no expectation that you share your story, speak publicly, or participate in any particular way. You are welcome to talk, listen, sit quietly, step away when needed, or simply be among people who understand. Come exactly as you are.

Bring yourself, a chair if you have one—and extras for others, if you’re able—and any grief you’ve been holding onto. Food and drinks will be provided.

Everyone is welcome—staff, volunteers, participants, families, friends, neighbors, and anyone whose life has been touched by overdose.

If you are a service or helping professional (public health, fire rescue/EMS, substance use treatment, healthcare, social work, etc.) who's been impacted, you are invited to join us as well.

Monday, August 31, 2026
5:00 PM
JOLT Foundation
2203 N. Sheridan Road, Peoria

We remember together. We heal together.

08/21/2026

We're hiring: Peer Recovery Navigator ❤️

JOLT Foundation is looking for someone with lived experience in substance use and recovery to join our team as a Peer Recovery Navigator. This is a chance to walk alongside people in our community — meeting them exactly where they're at, with judgment-free support and real connections to treatment, housing, healthcare, and the other pieces that make life more stable.

If you know firsthand what recovery (or the road to it) looks like, and you want to turn that experience into support for others, we want to hear from you.

📍 Full details and how to apply: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Jolt-Foundation/jobs

JOLT Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those with lived experience of substance use, recovery, s*x work, mental illness, or homelessness are strongly encouraged to apply.

07/31/2026

JOLT is closing early today and we will reopen at 11AM on Monday morning.

Need support? Call or text 988
In an emergency, please call 911.

07/17/2026

Did you know these items (among others!) are on clearance right now at Walmart for $1 and GREAT items to donate to JOLT and our community members??? 👀

07/16/2026

A Request from the JOLT Family

Our JOLT community is grieving with one of our own.

A family who has stood beside JOLT since the very beginning — showing up, believing in this work, and helping us build a community rooted in compassion instead of judgment — recently lost a loved one to an overdose. Now they're facing the added weight of covering cremation costs during one of the hardest moments a family can go through.

This is exactly the kind of moment our community exists for. Grief from overdose loss is still too often met with silence or shame — we want this family to feel the opposite: held, supported, and surrounded by people who see their loved one's life as worth grieving, fully and openly.

If you're able to contribute toward cremation expenses, you can give directly through JOLT's donation page:

🔗 Donate here: https://donate.onecause.com/joltharmreduction/donate

Please add a note in the comments/notes section that your gift is for funeral expenses so it can be directed to this family.

Even if you can't give right now, sharing this post helps. And if you're carrying your own grief from a loss like this, please know you don't have to walk it alone. GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) offers free peer support for anyone who has lost someone to overdose or substance use: https://grasphelp.org/

❤️❤️❤️

07/10/2026

Ten Ways To Be A Harm Reductionist:

1. Buckle Up!
2. Wash your hands and veggies to avoid explosive diarrhea (anyone else follow that news lately?)
3. Don't be too cool to wear earplugs at the punk show!!!!
4. Stop at the red light.
5. CARRY NALOXONE ❤❤❤
6. Install a smoke detector (and hold your landlord to that too!)
7. Use protection (free condoms at JOLT!)
8. Dispose of needles in a sharps container. We have free containers at JOLT as well as a big red 24 hour sharps disposal right outside at 2203 N Sheridan Rd.
9. Use test strips or drug checking services.
10. LOVE YOURSELF. LOVE OTHERS.

As always, we're proud of you for making Any ❤ Positive ❤ Change❤

07/07/2026

07/02/2026

JOLT Foundation will be closed July 3rd in observance of the holiday and will be back on Monday, July 6th.

If any support is needed, please call 988 and in case of an emergency, please call 911.