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  • Celebration of Jack Quehl & Fentanyl Awareness Days June 12-16

    Celebration of Jack Quehl & Fentanyl Awareness Days June 12-16

    Loveland, Ohio

    Last day to buy tickets is 06/12/2024, Midnight, (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

    About event

    Wednesday 6/12: Join us in front of Fleet Feet along the bike trail for a 5K. This community event is open to everyone and is FREE! Just show up in your DoitforJack shirt or purchase one there. 6:15p for Group Photo, race starts at 6:30p. Visit “The Works” afterwards for dinner and a % of sales will go back to the foundation.

    Thursday 6/13: Dine to Donate % of sales donated to the foundation. Ramsey’s Trailside, Paxtons Grill, and Tano Bistro.

    Friday 6/14: Free concert in Nisbet Park with Max Geers playing live music. Grab to-go dinner, DORA, or pack a cooler. Hang out with us for this family friendly community event. If you purchase tickets to Cindy’s Party, you can pick up your SWAG bag here. Wear your DoitforJack shirts!

    RYDE365: Join Amy for an amazing cycling class! Listen to great music while you get your sweat on for a great cause!  Go to https://365loveland.com/ to sign up!

    Saturday 6/15: Start your day with Yoga along the river, nap and then come to Cindy’s Friendly Tavern 125 Karl Brown Way.

    To purchase Yoga & Mimosas Tickets, click here. Saturday June 15th at Rodi Italian 9:30a.

    RYDE365: Join Amy for an amazing cycling class! Listen to great music while you get your sweat on for a great cause! Go to: https://365loveland.com/ to sign up!

    Jack’s Party at Cindy’s Friendly Tavern 3p-6p.

    Your ticket will include admission to the party, an event shirt, 2 drink tickets and additional “DoitforJack” SWAG. We will have live music and the grill fired up! You can pick up your event bag at Nisbet Park on Friday 6/14 5-7 or at the party. Tickets can be bought below. Wear your DoitforJack Shirt!

    NEW this year – a chance to win a week at this amazing house in Florida.  There are ONLY 250 tickets for $100 each. Can’t come? Great way to donate and win. Click HERE to purchase your winning ticket. (Only 21 left)

    The Do It For Jack Fentanyl Awareness Weekend would have marked Jack’s 27th birthday—and while we’ll spend the weekend celebrating Jack, the Jack Quehl Foundation will also be working hard to raise critical funding to help build awareness around the threat fentanyl poses to our community. Our goal? To save lives. Can’t make it? Donate HERE.

  • Loveland dad tells NewsNation how one bad choice cost his 24-year-old son his life

    Loveland dad tells NewsNation how one bad choice cost his 24-year-old son his life

    Father warns of illicit drugs cut with fentanyl in pill form

    Loveland, Ohio – Tom Quehl is the co-founder of the Jack Quehl Foundation and the father to Jack Quehl, who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2021. Jack Quehl was 24 years old. He and his wife, Stephanie Quehl, now share Jack’s story and others’ to raise awareness.

    Tom Quehl made an appearance on NewsNation with Kelsey Kernstine to discuss the rising prevalence of fentanyl laced pills.

    “With the shortage of Adderall and Xanax out there, they’re trying to fight depression or ADHD, and they’re reaching out to the street, and they’re finding drugs that are laced with fentanyl,” Tom Quehl said. “And if it’s not killing them … they’re getting something that has a different taste to it, and now they become an addict and a regular customer. And that spiral is something I don’t want to see.”

    Events for Fentanyl Awareness Week in Loveland

  • Do It For Jack Coffee For a Cause

    Do It For Jack Coffee For a Cause

    Do It For Jack

    Coffee For a Cause

    May 7 | 8:30-10am

    The Building Loveland

    The Jack Quehl Foundation was established in 2022 in loving memory of the beloved son of

    Tom and Stephanie Quehl, Jack, after his tragic death from fentanyl poisoning. Jack was an exceptional human who had a bright future ahead of him. His death was a devastating loss to his family and his many friends.

    Sadly, we are not alone in our experience of loss due to fentanyl poisoning. It is estimated that 83K people die annually from this growing epidemic. This is a crisis. And one that can only be addressed through education and awareness. That is our mission- to educate and inform as many people as we can about these dangers. If even one family is spared the grief we live with then we are a success, however, our goal is to save as many lives as possible by encouraging everyone to have the conversation about fentanyl.

    May 7th is National Fentanyl Awareness Day and we would love the opportunity to share more about our foundation, and the mostly unknown prevalence of fentanyl in ours, and all communities. This is not an invitation to ask for donations or contributions. We simply want the community we live in to know us, be aware of our mission, and to understand why we strive to be so visible. Your knowledge alone could contribute to the effort of saving lives that we strive for. This is an informal meeting. Please consider stopping in anytime for coffee & pastries, and to meet Tom, Stephanie, and our board members.

  • You are invited for coffee and pastries by the Doitfor Jack – Jack Quehl Foundation

    You are invited for coffee and pastries by the Doitfor Jack – Jack Quehl Foundation

    Loveland, Ohio – The Jack Quehl Foundation – DoItForJack was established in 2022 in loving memory of the beloved son of Tom and Stephanie Quehl, Jack, after his tragic death from fentanyl poisoning. His death was a devastating loss to his family and his many friends.

    You are invited for coffee and pastries on Wednesday, May 7 by the DoItfor Jack – Jack Quehl Foundation to learn more about the Foundation, its mission and “the many ways they work to impact the fight against fentanyl.”

    May 7th is National Fentanyl Awareness Day and we would love the opportunity to share more about the foundation, and the mostly unknown prevalence of fentanyl in ours, and all communities. This is not an invitation to ask for donations or contributions. The Foundation simply wants the community they live in to know them, be aware of who they are, and understand why they strive to be so visible. Your knowledge alone could contribute to the effort of saving lives that we strive for.

    May 7th ~ 8:30-10 am

    @ The Building Loveland

    116 N Karl Brown Way

    Loveland, OH 45140

    The Building is a fun and charming private event space located in Historic Loveland, OH. The owners, Annette & Andy Friesner, purchased the Building in 2016 and renovated it to its current glory.

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  • Jack Quehl was a kid like yours

    Jack Quehl was a kid like yours

    Jack Quehl was a kid like yours.

    Jack grew up here in Loveland, went to elementary school at St. Columban and high school at Moeller. He played football and was a National Merit Scholar. Jack loved music, travel, reading, and his friends. He graduated from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore Business School and moved to Baltimore for his first job. A month later, Jack was dead.

    Jack made one bad decision, and it killed him.

    One night, Jack was with friends, and someone brought out a party drug. Jack didn’t say no. None of them knew the drug had been cut with deadly fentanyl. On Sunday, September 19, 2021, Jack was found unresponsive, and one of his friends was dead. Jack’s parents Tom and Stephanie rushed to his side, but it was too late. Jack wasn’t an addict, he wasn’t a habitual drug user, and he never intended to take fentanyl. But he did, and it took his future.

    Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45.

    Illicit fentanyl is cheap and easy to make, and it pours into our country every day. It’s 50 times stronger than heroin, 100 times stronger than morphine, and is highly addictive. Cartels add it to illegal and recreational drugs and to fake pills made to look like Xanax and other prescription medications. In 2023, DEA seized more than 68 million fentanyl-laced fake pills and more than 11,010 pounds of fentanyl powder. That’s equivalent to more than 336.3 million fatal doses.

    7 out of 10 fake pills contain a lethal dose of fentanyl.

    Tom and Stephanie Quehl don’t want another family to be devastated by fentanyl. In November 2022, they founded DOITFORJACK and the Jack Quehl Foundation. DOITFORJACK is committed to educating our community about the threat of fentanyl poisoning by sharing Jack’s story. To learn more about our mission, please visit us at DOITFORJACK.ORG. (embed https://www.doitforjack.org)

    Help DOITFORJACK stop fentanyl from taking someone else’s Jack.

     

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  • Loveland’s “Do It For Jack” Fentanyl Awareness Weekend

    Loveland’s “Do It For Jack” Fentanyl Awareness Weekend

    Do It For Jack: The Jack Quehl Foundation announces Fentanyl Awareness Weekend, June 16-17

    Jack Quehl

    Loveland, Ohio – Do It for Jack: The Jack Quehl Foundation Fentanyl Awareness Weekend will take place June 16-17 in downtown Loveland, Ohio.

    Foundation President Stephanie Quehl said, “Ignorance about fentanyl is killing our kids. The foundation wants this to be an event for the community, a weekend where we can all come together and raise awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl. Our mission is to educate and speak to as many people as we can so that no one else loses their Jack.”

    Loveland-area businesses have come together in support of Do It for Jack: The Jack Quehl Foundation, backing the foundation’s mission with specials, proceeds sharing, and by wearing or displaying our logo.

    The event kicks off on Wednesday, June 14, with a 5k run sponsored by Fleet Feet.

    On Thursday, June 15, Tano Bistro hosts a meet-and-greet with foundation board members, donating a portion of the proceeds to the foundation.

    Friday, June 16 features a welcome party at Hops and Berries Taproom.

    The main event takes place on June 17 at Cindy’s Friendly Tavern from 3-6 PM with food, drink, raffles and other activities. Raffles include a Loveland basket featuring gift cards from local shops and a custom-made bourbon barrel cabinet.

    The day finishes with Do It for Jack specials at Bishop’s Quarter, and selfies taken at Cappy’s selfie station will generate donations when pictures are tagged and posted on social media. There are also opportunities for community yoga classes at Rodi Italian and Simply Power Yoga. All proceeds from the Fentanyl Awareness Weekend will go to supporting the foundation’s mission of education and awareness.

    Do It For Jack: The Jack Quehl Foundation was established in 2022 in loving memory of John Thomas (“Jack”) Quehl, who tragically lost his life to fentanyl poisoning in 2021. Jack went to Moeller High School where he played football for 4 years.  He was a member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Scholar. Jack finished in the top ten of his highly competitive class, and his classmates chose him to give the closing speech at their graduation ceremony.

    The foundation’s mission is to honor Jack’s memory by educating the community about the threat of illicit fentanyl. In the month of May alone, Do It For Jack: The Jack Quehl Foundation spoke to more than 400 students and over 100 adults about the danger of fentanyl poisoning.

    Event details, full schedule, and tickets are available at https://www.doitforjack.org/events. For more information about the foundation and facts about fentanyl, visit https://www.doitforjack.org/.