For more info, contact: Kathy K. Al-Anon Public Outreach Committee Chair District 12 – Sarasota/Manatee Counties d12publicoutreach58@gmail.com
Volunteers Needed to lead new Meetings on college campuses.
We are starting off the New Year with a request for volunteers to run student Al-Anon meetings at USF Sarasota Manatee, New College, Ringling, and Manatee Technical College! The commitment would be once a month, and ideally we would schedule two Al-Anon members for each meeting. Please share this information with your groups. Thank you so much! For more info contact Chair at d12publicoutreach58@gmail.com
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