Welcome to Service!

Al-Anon believes that our benefits are measured by our willingness to share them with others, for we know we can never give as much as we receive. Find useful and timely ideas for service in the newsletter put out by Al-Anon’s World Service Office: In the Loop: News from Your WSO.

Service is also the simple act of sharing your experience, strength, and hope with others. All members are welcome to share their thoughts on recovery on WSO’s Member Blog.

INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING ALATEEN?

Each Alateen meeting must have two Al-Anon members attending the meeting who have completed the process of becoming an Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service (AMIAS). If you think you might be interested in becoming an AMIAS, write to info@vermontalanonalateen.org, and your message will be forwarded to the VT Area Alateen Coordinator. You can also take a look here to see the requirements, guidelines, and forms that are needed to serve in this way.

INTERESTED IN PUBLIC OUTREACH?

1) Share Al-Anon’s new PSA video (available in English, Spanish, and French) with your social media networks.

Note: WSO is now handling outreach to TV and radio stations and is asking members to limit our distribution of PSAs to our social media networks and non-media outlets like movie theaters, schools, and institutions. Please read the full WSO announcement.

2) Post our flyers on community bulletin boards:

3) Submit our press release, approved by the WSO, to your local news media.

4) Spread the word about children of alcoholics

“Plan special speaker meetings focusing on children of alcoholics, reach out to local community support agencies about how Al‑Anon can help, or provide Al‑Anon speakers for educational meetings held at institutions, facilities, or schools. Individual members can also participate by sharing WSO content on social media. Let’s do all we can to let anyone who has been affected by parental alcoholism know that Al‑Anon and Alateen can make a difference.”
Reprinted with permission of The Forum, Al‑Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA. The full article is available here.

NEED FUNDING?

If you have an idea for supporting Al-Anon and Alateen in the Vermont Area but would need funding to carry it out, click here for the Special Projects Request Form!

TREASURER’S CORNER

Contributions to Vermont Area Al-Anon/Alateen should be mailed to the Area Treasurer:

Ed McGuire
4590 Munger St.
New Haven, VT 05472

WHAT’S MY DISTRICT?

Use the maps below (click on them to enlarge) to look up your District by town or by county.

  Vermont Area Map of Districts

ASSEMBLIES

Twice a year, representatives from groups across the VT Area gather to discuss and make decisions about Area-wide issues. The Assembly site is rotated among the Districts (click on above map) in order to share the burden of driving and to give each District an opportunity to host the event.

RESOURCES

“When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, let the hand of Al-Anon and Alateen always be there, and — Let It Begin with Me.