Public Outreach
PUBLIC OUTREACH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Public/Media/Radio:
Higher Education: Closed Student Meetings
Institutions: First Step Addiction Recovery Centers
Presenting Al-Anon in Cooperation with AA:
PLEASE NOTE: All volunteers will be trained in each of these areas until they feel comfortable chairing/co-chairing
Flyer to print for AFG groups
Public/Media/Radio:
- Air more PSAs
- Currently airing on ABC-7 and WSLR Radio
- Need: Contacts at local radio & TV stations for our committee to approach
Higher Education: Closed Student Meetings
- New College:
- Running every Tuesday from 6:30pm-7:30pm since September 17th – growing, very well received
- Need: (6) more volunteers to Co-Chair 1x/month & (1) Literature Chair responsible for ordering materials as needed
- USF Manatee (New):
- New student meeting starts Feb. 4th every Tuesday from 12pm-1pm
- Manatee Technical College (Requested by Dean):
- (1) volunteer to work with Dean to get meeting going – number of volunteers needed will depend on frequency of meeting
- Ringling (Proposed)
- (1) volunteer to work with Ringling student/Al-Anon member to get meeting going and to recruit the volunteers to co-chair meetings as needed
Institutions: First Step Addiction Recovery Centers
- First Step “Baby Steps” meeting for mothers in recovery and who have young children
- Running 3 years strong and recognized in 2019 by the Sarasota Observer for the success of this program and its impact.
- When: Saturdays 7:30pm-8:30pm
- First Step meeting for patients in recovery who also qualify for Al-Anon
- Running 1 year strong and recognized by as one of the best meetings offered at First Step
- Need: (6) volunteers to Co-Chair
- When: Every 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30pm-6:30pm
- First Step “Family & Friends” meeting of recovery patients (requested)
- Need: 6 more of (8) volunteers to Co-Chair 1x/month
- When: Every Saturday from 2pm-3pm
Presenting Al-Anon in Cooperation with AA:
- Need: Speakers to co-present with AA about the Al-Anon program (5 - 30 minutes to audiences of 4-100) & (1) Literature Chair responsible for ordering literature and assembling info packets
- When: All times of day throughout the year to organizations like USF, SCTI, SPARCC, SCC, Coalition for Safe Children
PLEASE NOTE: All volunteers will be trained in each of these areas until they feel comfortable chairing/co-chairing
Flyer to print for AFG groups