Soap2hope

09/06/2026

One cool thing we get to be part of once in a while is helping someone find their way home.

We’ve known this man through outreach for years. He came here from another state, eventually ended up living on the streets, battling addiction, and doing what he could to survive every day.

Then one day, he asked us a simple question:

“How do I get home? Can you help me?”

He told us he needed to get out of the cycle he was in, get back around his family, and make some different choices.

We could help—but we also asked him to take some steps and be accountable for his part.

Get his ID using an ID voucher.
Figure out whether he had any warrants or legal barriers.
Meet with us about getting a phone so he could have support while traveling and stay connected to us and his family.
Meet with us to get his Greyhound ticket.
And most importantly, make the decision himself to get on that bus.

We also told him: If you decide not to go, don’t avoid us. We will still be here. We will still support you.

He did every single thing we asked.

And at 2:30 in the morning, he got on that bus.

He made it home.

He told us it was a horrible, LONG bus ride, but he did it.

He has stayed in contact with us, and so far, he seems committed to the reason he wanted to leave in the first place—to break the cycle he had been living in.

These are the moments that remind us why navigating resources alongside someone matters.

We didn’t make the decision for him. We didn’t save him. After years of building trust, he asked for help, we helped remove some barriers, and he took the actions necessary to get himself home.

Sometimes harm reduction looks like Naloxone or safer-use supplies. Sometimes it looks like hygiene supplies, healthcare, or a conversation.

And sometimes, it looks like an ID voucher, a phone, a Greyhound ticket, and someone believing you can make it onto that 2:30 a.m. bus.

Meeting people where they’re at also means being there when they decide they’re ready to go somewhere different.

08/31/2026

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.

Remember the ones we’ve lost.
Remember the families who carry that loss every single day.
Remember to carry Naloxone. It can save a life.

At Soap2Hope, we have lost far too many people we’ve come to know through our street outreach. People we’ve talked with, laughed with, worried about, and hoped would get another chance.

That is why overdose prevention is such an important part of our mission. We work to get Naloxone directly into the hands of the people who need it most — the people we meet on the streets, their friends, their partners, and their peers.

We know Naloxone works because we hear about reversals from the people we serve, and our own team has used it to save lives.

Carry Naloxone.
Don’t use alone.
Know the signs of an overdose.
Look out for each other.

And today, we remember every person who didn’t make it home.

You mattered. You are remembered. 💜

AUGUST IS OVERDOSE AWARENESS MONTH💜

At Soap2Hope, overdose awareness is more than a campaign—it is personal.

We have lost countless people to overdose. We remember their names, their stories, their families, and the impact they left on our community.

We have also witnessed firsthand what it means to place naloxone directly into the hands of the people who are saving lives every day. The individuals we serve, their friends, family members, outreach workers, and community members are responding to overdoses and giving people another chance at life.

Even members of our Soap2Hope team have administered naloxone to reverse overdoses and save the lives of people we serve.

Naloxone saves lives. Harm reduction saves lives. Connection saves lives.

A person cannot choose recovery if they do not survive.

Throughout August, we will continue honoring those we have lost, supporting those who are still here, reducing stigma, distributing naloxone, and reminding our community that every life is worth saving.

Carry naloxone. Learn how to use it. Check on one another. Never use alone.

💜 We remember. We respond. We keep showing up.

08/20/2026

This week, I stopped for a moment to look at the beautiful sunset.

It reminded me that even in the hardest situations, we can still find beauty. We can still find hope.

Lately, we have seen an increase in overdoses, and this week we learned that a young man we knew lost his life.

Around this same time last year, I responded to his overdose. I administered five doses of naloxone and performed CPR for about 10 minutes while his brother gave rescue breaths. We called 911, and it took about 15 minutes for help to arrive.

But he came back.

He got up, walked away, and didn’t want to connect with anyone that day.

To hear that a year later he didn’t make it breaks our hearts.

This is the reality for someone of the people we meet.

Every person we meet, we talk to about resources—detox, treatment, healthcare, shelter, recovery support, and whatever else might help them take that next step.

We distribute hundreds of naloxone kits every month, putting this lifesaving medication directly into the hands of people who are most likely to need it.

We talk about not using alone. Carry naloxone. Test your drugs. Go slower. Look out for each other.

And it works.

Every month, we hear about multiple overdose reversals because peers are saving peers in their own communities. Those are people who get another day, another opportunity, another chance.

And sometimes change comes after years of conversations.

We’ve talked with one man for years about going home. Recently, he finally said, “I’m ready.”

Now we’re working on getting him a bus ticket so he can go home, be surrounded by family, hopefully get into a program, and have an opportunity to step away from the life he’s been living and start making changes.

We also continue walking alongside people who are making it into recovery. We don’t only meet people while they’re actively using and disappear when things get better.

We want to be there afterward, too.

We want to be their biggest cheerleaders.

Harm reduction isn’t giving up on people.

It’s showing up.

It’s carrying naloxone.

It’s having the same conversation for the hundredth time.

It’s doing CPR when someone isn’t breathing.

It’s helping someone find treatment when they’re ready.

It’s buying the bus ticket home.

It’s celebrating recovery.

It’s grieving the people we lose.

And it’s continuing to show up for the people who are still here.

That sunset reminded me that even during weeks filled with loss, there is still beauty. There is still hope. And there is still work worth doing. ❤️

08/13/2026

Once a month, our team has the privilege of transporting women to receive healthcare services—and it has been a beautiful thing to witness.

We’ve watched women begin to trust us, trust healthcare providers, and take critical steps toward addressing healthcare needs that may have gone unmet for years.

When you’re experiencing homelessness, getting healthcare isn’t as simple as “making an appointment.” There are real barriers: no phone to schedule or receive reminders, no transportation, no insurance, difficulty navigating Medicaid, and previous experiences of stigma or judgment within healthcare settings.

That’s why this team deserves a huge shoutout.

Every month, they show up. They coordinate transportation, meet individually with each woman, provide medication pickup and drop-off, assist with Medicaid applications, offer peer-to-peer support, and help remove the barriers standing between someone and the care they deserve.

Yesterday, 7 women had the opportunity to meet the incredible SupeRAD team, receive compassionate, trauma-informed care, and—most importantly—trust the process.

Seven women showed up for their health.

Seven women took another step forward.

And behind each one was a team making sure transportation, support, encouragement, and follow-through were there when they needed them.

This is what meeting people where they’re at looks like. 💜

So proud of this team and grateful for healthcare partners who understand that trust is built one interaction at a time.

08/05/2026

AUGUST IS OVERDOSE AWARENESS MONTH💜

At Soap2Hope, overdose awareness is more than a campaign—it is personal.

We have lost countless people to overdose. We remember their names, their stories, their families, and the impact they left on our community.

We have also witnessed firsthand what it means to place naloxone directly into the hands of the people who are saving lives every day. The individuals we serve, their friends, family members, outreach workers, and community members are responding to overdoses and giving people another chance at life.

Even members of our Soap2Hope team have administered naloxone to reverse overdoses and save the lives of people we serve.

Naloxone saves lives. Harm reduction saves lives. Connection saves lives.

A person cannot choose recovery if they do not survive.

Throughout August, we will continue honoring those we have lost, supporting those who are still here, reducing stigma, distributing naloxone, and reminding our community that every life is worth saving.

Carry naloxone. Learn how to use it. Check on one another. Never use alone.

💜 We remember. We respond. We keep showing up.