District 5 Al-Anon/Alateen

News, Events, Announcements, Business and Web Site ARCHIVES

This page will maintain a record of past Al-Anon news, Al-Anon events, District 5 announcements and business, and Web site changes. When we delete past events and outdated information from other Web site pages, we will post a record here. For current news and announcements, please see our Announcements page. For Al-Anon events, please see our Al-Anon Events page. For current District 5 business, please see our District 5 Business page.

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2008 Past Al-Anon News, Business and Events

Al-Anon’s Fourth International Convention with A.A. Participation. Theme: Connecting People Around the World: Al-Anon Family Groups took place from Friday July 4 through Saturday July 6, 2008; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Conference was a weekend filled with excitement, fun, and sharing! In addition to Al-Anon activities, there were daytime Alateen meetings and workshops, and daytime A.A. meetings and workshops.

Al-Anon/Alateen “Trillium 2008” Convention: "The Family Gift of Recovery." Friday June 27 through Sunday June 29, 2008. This event was hosted by Ontario South Al-Anon/Alateen and was held at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario (Canada.) For information, please go to http://www.al-anon.alateen.on.ca and click on "Trillium."

Michigan Area Spring Assembly. Theme: Life is a Blank Canvas – Make Yours a Masterpiece! June 14, 2008. It was held in the Family Life Center at the St. Louis Church of Christ, 1075 West Monroe Road, St. Louis, Michigan (east of Alma; north of Lansing.) This Spring Assembly was hosted by Districts 12 and 14.

Al-Anon Open Speaker Meetings: Friday May 30, 2008. Fellowship began at 8:00 pm and an Al-Anon open speaker meeting began at 8:30 pm, on the campus of the Jackson Community College and Vo-Tech Center in Adrian Michigan.

Michigan Al-Anon Family Groups 36^th Annual Convention: Bridges To Serenity was held Friday May 16 through Sunday May 18, 2008, at the Doubletree Resort, One Wenona Park Place, Bay City, Michigan. The convention was hosted by Al-Anon District 29 (Saginaw.) The Al-Anon speaker was Barbara W. from Ohio, and the Alateen speaker was Nick M. from Grand Rapids.

20^th Annual Al-Anon Adult Children Workshop and Festival: “Journey Through The Land of Recovery – Finding My Way Back Home” took place Friday May 2 through Sunday May 4, 2008; at the Green Lake Conference Center, W2511 State Road 23, Green Lake Wisconsin. This event was organized by Al-Anon Adult Child volunteers in northern Illinois and included meetings, speakers, campfire and other fellowship, hiking and sightseeing opportunities, dancing, service opportunities, a raffle, other entertainment and hugs! For additional information, please see http://www.acafg.com or call 1-800-843-5492 (access code 46.)

The Al-Anon World Service Conference was held April 13 through April 17, 2008, in Stamford, Connecticut. A delegate from each Al-Anon Area Assembly was invited to attend to share experiences, solve problems, and make decisions about Al-Anon issues, along with WSO staff. Mike B. represented the Michigan area. Mike B. – District 5 thanks you for your service!!! J

Alateen Spring Lock-In was held Friday March 14 to Saturday March 15, 2008, at the Central United Methodist Church, 215 North Capital Avenue, Lansing, Michigan. Alateen members were accompanied by their adult Alateen group sponsor.

AWSC Meeting (Area World Service Committee Meeting) was held Saturday March 8, 2008; at the St. Louis Church of Christ, 1075 West Monroe Road, St. Louis, Michigan. This meeting was attended by the Area officers, the Area coordinators, the District representatives, and interested members.

"Leave Hope" project: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (and March 4 of every year.) This annual Al-Anon outreach project is for everyone, everywhere to leave a piece of Al-Anon literature for someone to find, as 12^th Step work in celebration of our co-founder Lois W.'s birthday.

Al-Anon Open Speaker Meeting Friday February 29, 2008. Fellowship began at 8:00 pm and an Al-Anon open speaker meeting began at 8:30 pm, on the campus of the Jackson Community College and Vo-Tech Center in Adrian Michigan.

2008 “Other” Events (events that invite Al-Anon participation but are not organized solely by Al-Anon.)

Huron Valley Area Intergroup of A.A. 63^rd Anniversary Celebration: “Unity: Our Most Cherished Quality” (with Al-Anon participation) was held Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 1:30 pm to 11:30 pm at Pioneer High School, 601 West Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This event included A.A. history, a service fair, archives display, dinner, dance, A.A. Traditions skit, speakers and more, in celebration of 63 years of A.A. in Washtenaw County. Al-Anon literature was available.

Lenawee Area A.A. Intergroup Mini-Conference (with Al-Anon participation; Al-Anon Program, “The Faces of Al-Anon”) was held April 12, 2008; at the Lenawee Vocational Technical Center, 1372 South Main Street, Adrian, Michigan 49221. Sponsored by the Lenawee Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous. Concurrent A.A. and Al-Anon programs took place. Al-Anon lead speaker (Kevin M. from Adrian) was followed by a “sobriety count-down” and an A.A. lead. The Al-Anon program included skits, panels, speakers, sharings, and a new “rap” performance. Please e-mail or call Maripat at 517-265-3327 for information.

Southeast Michigan A.A. Round-Up: “Communication and Participation: The Key to Unity and Self-Support” took place Friday February 22 through Sunday February 24, 2008; at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn, Michigan. Hosted by A.A. Area 33, General Services of Southeast Michigan. Activities included panels, speakers including Al-Anon speakers, workshops, archives, jail book sale, Saturday night banquet, Friday and Saturday night dances, hospitality rooms, Alkathon, committee tables, Spanish-speaking program and more.

2008 Meeting Changes, News and Updates

One-time meeting cancellation: The Monday 8:00 pm “Keep It Simple” Al-Anon meeting at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 North Washington Street in Ypsilanti did not meet on Memorial Day; Monday May 26, 2008. Meetings resumed on the usual Monday 8:00 pm schedule the following week.

One-time meeting cancellation: The 9:00 am Saturday “Serenity Seekers” Al-Anon meeting at King of Kings Lutheran Church did not meet April 19^th, due to a church rummage sale. The meeting resumed its usual schedule on subsequent Saturdays.

Meeting format: The Monday 8:00 pm Keep it Simple Al-Anon meeting held at the First Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti used the Blue Print for Progress (Al-Anon's 4th Step Inventory guide) for the month of April 2008.

One-time meeting cancellation: The Thursday 8:00 pm Serenity Through Recovery Al-Anon meeting at the First United Methodist Church in Belleville did not meet on Thursday March 20, 2008, due to activities at the church. The meeting resumed its usual schedule on subsequent Thursdays.

Child care resumed: The Wednesday Just For Today Al-Anon meeting at Zion Lutheran Church resumed providing free child care in February 2008.

One-time meeting cancellation: The Wednesday “New Directions” Al-Anon meeting and “Power To Be Me” Alateen meeting, both held at Dawn Farm in Ypsilanti, were cancelled on Wednesday February 6 due to inclement weather.

Holiday Meeting Cancellation: The 7:00 pm Al-Anon meeting at St. Clare's Episcopal Church/ Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor did not meet on Tuesday January 1, 2008 (the church/temple was closed due to the holiday.)

2008 Web Site Changes, Additions and Updates

July 2008: We added printable Serenity Prayer bookmarkers to the Group and Member’s Corner page.

June 2008: We added a link on our Newcomers page to Al-Anon webcasts for newcomers on the World Service web site. We added a section on our Newcomers page addressing people planning interventions with loved ones, and addressing family members/friends of people involved with drugs other than alcohol.

March 2008: We added a link on our Newcomers page to Al-Anon Public Service Announcements on the World Service web site.

January 2008: We posted an “annual appeal” for group contributions to the District, Area and WSO on our Announcements page.

We added a translation program to each page, which appears at the top of the menu bar. (Please note that the program can only translate words and phrases; it does not have the capability of correctly interpreting the context and grammar; parts of some pages may not be translated; on some computers, the language selection and the translated pages may not appear in a readable form. Despite these limitations, we hope this will help web site visitors whose preferred language is not English to be able to read our site.) We changed our menu bar to highlight selections in color.

Archives of News, Events, Business and Web Site Changes from Past Years

2007 Archives – please click here.

2006 Archives – please click here.

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