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Al-Anon Announcements
If your group has information you would like to announce on this web
site or pass along through the District 5 Newsletter - please call
or e-mail us.
Contact: Mary Lou
L. Phone:
734-645-3012.
E-Mail: afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
In
keeping with our 5th, 6th and 10th Traditions – we can post only
Al-Anon-related announcements.
(When
we delete outdated items from this page, we will post a record on the News/Event Archives page.)
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The
Next District 5 business meeting is scheduled for Saturday August 29, 2009; from 11:00
am to 1:00 pm. The last meeting in 2009 will be Saturday December 5, 2009. The
meetings will be held at King of Kings Lutheran Church, 2685 Packard Road, Ann Arbor. ALL
Al-Anon members are welcome to attend!
Have you been to a District meeting before? Please consider checking
this one out – new faces and new ideas are needed and will be welcome!
District 5 Monthly Announcements:
The monthly announcements that are
e-mailed to District 5 group representatives are posted each month in a
print-friendly PDF file, here. Group representatives and meeting members are
encouraged to print this announcement list to bring to their meeting and inform
their members of Al-Anon news and events.
Al-Anon Service Opportunities:
Our Seventh
Tradition
states that Al-Anon is a self-supporting program. We
are supported not only by member contributions, but also by member
service! And, member service helps the
individual who serves as well as the Al-Anon members and program. There are service
opportunities at all levels of Al-Anon/Alateen. Here are a few!
The Seventh
Tradition Suggests (S-21) is
reprinted with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc.,
District Level (District
5) Service Opportunities:
Ypsilanti
Heritage Festival Al-Anon Booth: Al-Anon will host an information booth at the Ypsilanti Heritage
Festival, Friday August 21 through Sunday August 23, 2009, at Riverside Park in
the Depot Town area of Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is a great opportunity for 12th
Step work! We need volunteers in 2 hour
blocks. Contact Kim K. at District 5 to help in the booth: afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
Please click here to print
a volunteer sign-up sheet for your meeting!
Milan Area: At this time there are no Al-Anon or
Alateen meetings in the Milan area. Would any one like to help start a new
meeting? If you are interested, please contact us at: afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
Alateen
Sponsors and Alateen Service Support Needed: Our area Alateen program needs adult Al-Anon member(s) to sponsor Alateen
groups and support Alateen activities. Alateen sponsorship is extremely
rewarding for the Alateen sponsor and extremely helpful for the Alateen
members. Have YOU ever thought of becoming involved with Alateen service? The Al-Anon publication, “Alateen Sponsorship--Is
It For You?” (S-27) provides an overview of the
requirements to be an Alateen sponsor. For information on how you can sponsor
an Alateen group or help support Alateen activities, please click here!
“Alateen Sponsorship--Is It For You?” (S-27) is reprinted with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia
Beach, VA.
Web site service opportunities! District 5 web
site people are asking for help:
w From ALL
members to add short messages or writings for our District 5 Bulletin Board/Member Sharing page.
w From any/all
members to write YOUR story (anonymously) to be shared on the District 5 Stories page.
If you would like to contribute -
please contact
District 5!
Does YOUR District 5 Al-Anon
Meeting Have A Group Representative? If not,
your meeting members are missing out on the opportunity to learn about district
news, participate in district functions, and vote on district issues. At your next meeting, why not find out if
someone is representing your group? You can find out more about becoming a
group representative by contacting Mary Lou at afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
District-level Business: Would you like to become involved at the
district level? Would you like to help out at the district level in some way –
e.g. helping with planning, organizing, or outreach? You can find out more by
contacting Mary Lou at
afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
These District 5
Al-Anon Meetings Need YOUR support: Our Al-Anon Declaration
states in part, “When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, let the hand of
Al-Anon and Alateen always be there ...” You can help support the only Al-Anon meeting
in Belleville by committing
to attend one or more times. If you’d like more information or
have other ideas on how to support this meeting, please contact afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
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The “Wednesday Noon AFG”
meeting at King of Kings Lutheran Church needs further support to grow and to
thrive.
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The Thursday 7:30 pm “Saline Serenity”
meeting at Saint Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital needs
support to continue. Please consider attending.
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The 8:30 pm “Friday Nighters” meeting at King of Kings Lutheran Church requests support! This Al-Anon
meeting has been running for over 20 years, and recently moved to King of Kings
from the Washtenaw Alano Club. Their attendance has dwindled since the move,
and they would like help to build the meeting back up. Please consider attending this meeting; it is
a great way to start the weekend with serenity!
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The Thursday 8:00 pm
“Serenity Through Recovery” Al-Anon meeting held at the
These groups need member
support to thrive! Please consider lending your support to help keep Al-Anon available in these
communities!
Service
Opportunities outside of District 5
We will post
service opportunities here.
Meeting News, including new meetings and meeting changes in
the District 5 area:
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Spanish speaking meetings are being held at 5:30 pm
on Monday’s and Wednesday’s at 2430 E. Michigan in Ypsilanti. Please see our Meetings page for details.
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New Meeting: There is a new Al-Anon
meeting Friday evenings at 7:30 pm at the Westside United Methodist church, 900
South Seventh Street in Ann Arbor. The meeting is for the young and young at
heart, and welcomes whoever would like to attend!
Please
see the District
5 meeting minutes and our monthly announcements file
for details about district news and activities.
Elections for District 5 officers
were held at the November 15, 2008 District 5 business meeting. Please click here for a list of
our 2009 officers!!
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO
ALL GROUPS: Michigan
Al-Anon Family Groups Incorporated (MI AFG) is in the process of reconstructing
and clarifying all of the state group records.
In order to accomplish this, the Michigan Group Records Coordinator needs
to acquire an “Al-Anon Registration/Group Records Change Form” for every group
in the state. MI AFG has adapted the
World Service Office (WSO) registration/change form in order to implement
standardization and consistency. The
form has been adapted into an Excel Template so the MI AFG Group Records
coordinator can receive it electronically and avoid having to re-key data –
thus keeping errors to a minimum.
HERE’S WHAT
IS NEEDED:
w For groups in District 5 - each Group Rep (or another group member
who can send/receive e-mail and has the Excel program) can e-mail the District
5 Group Records Coordinator at afgdistrict5@gmail.com
to request a copy of the E-file Registration Form Template. Instructions will be sent with the form. If a
group rep or group member is not able to or does not wish to complete this form
or does not have the Excel program, please contact District 5
for assistance and we will take the information verbally and complete the
E-Registration form for your group.
w For groups outside of District 5 – please e-mail miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com to
request an E-File Registration Form Template from the Group Records
Coordinator. If your Group Rep or another group member is not able or does not
wish to complete the form in the above manner, please e-mail miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com for
help, or contact your local district Group Records person or District
Representative. They (or another
volunteer) will assist you.
The new
Michigan-area Group Records coordinator has been working VERY HARD on this
important information-gathering. Thank you, Kay, for your service!
Besides book marking this page, another way to keep up with Al-Anon activities in Michigan is
through the Serenity Sentinel, a quarterly newsletter for Michigan Al-Anon
Family Group members. The Serenity Sentinel
has articles from
Al-Anon World
Services Office (WSO) News:
WSO news will
be posted here.
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