The General Service Conference approved literature organized into piles at the back of the room is for the various Valleywide H&I Coordinators to distribute to the various hospitals, treatment centers, jails, and prisons throughout the Valley to the confined Alcoholics. If you chair an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in a hospital or institution where the attendees cannot get out to a regular meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous you will coordinate with your respective coordinator to get books inside.
Used and new Grapevine issues can be donated by homegroups and will go to confined alcoholics. Any other non-General Service Conference Approved Literature will not be distributed.
Since we make a literature order every other month for 2 months of distribution I had the breakdown of the money spent on literature on last month’s report. It is available online at www.vwhi.org if you were not here last month to get a hard copy. This month’s report will show you an example of where the literature is being distributed. In keeping with the 6th Tradition the names of the hospitals, treatment centers, and institutions will not be listed.
For the months of August and September literature went to:
Hospitals and treatment centers;
Big Book – 37 cases = 740 books = $4610.20
12X12 – 12 cases = 240 books = $1377.60
SRI Meeting Lists = 210 lists = 210.00
Area Meeting Lists = 50 lists = 62.50
Total = 6260.30
Jails and prisons;
Big Book – 30 cases = 600 books = $3738.00
12X12 – 10 cases = 200 books = $1148.00
Pocket Big Book – 7 cases = 280 books = 918.40
Spanish Big Book – 4 cases = 80 books = 498.40
Spanish 12X12 – 3 cases = 36 books = 206.64
LP Abrg. Big Book – 1 cases = 20 books = 98.40
AA in Prison – 13 cases = 260 books = 481.00
As Bill Sees It- 2 cases = 40 books = 249.20
Daily Reflections – 2 cases = 80 books = 541.60
SRI Meeting Lists = 30 lists = 30.00
Area Meeting Lists = 21 lists = 26.25
Total = 7935.89
Rent;
SRI Meeting Lists = 120 lists = 120.00
Big Books 1 case = 20 books = 124.60
Total = 244.60
Grand Total = $14440.79
Thank you for the opportunity to be of service,
Aaron B, Valleywide H&I, PO Box 80126, Phoenix, AZ 85060-0126
ps – I have been having the coordinators sign a receipt for the books they receive and these records can be reviewed by any regular member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Also, I will accept any feedback, comments, and/or questions by individuals or homegroups concerning anything you feel may be important to confined alcoholics, alcoholics, Alcoholics Anonymous, Valleywide H&I, individuals, homegroups, and/or yourself.