The General Service Conference approved literature we purchase with money donated by members of Alcoholics Anonymous is dispersed to the various Valleywide H&I Coordinators to distribute to the various hospitals, treatment centers, jails, and prisons throughout the Valley to confined alcoholics. If you chair an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a hospital or institution where the attendees are confined 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. Non-General Service Conference Approved Literature will not be distributed by this committee in keeping with the Twelve Traditions.
Currently, we make a literature order every 2 months and distribute up to 1/2 of in stock literature each month over a 2 month period in an attempt to ensure literature will be available for distribution to the Valleywide H&I Coordinators each month. For July and August we spent $10,466.00 purchasing books from the General Service Office in New York (GSO).
After distribution to the coordinators last month we have this left over in stock; 0 cases of Big Books, 0 cases of 12X12s, 0 cases of Spanish Big Books, 1 case of Spanish 12X12s, 9 cases of Pocket Abridged Big Books, 6.5 cases of Large Print Abridged Big Books, and 23 cases of AA in Prison.
This month, from GSO, we ordered 65 cases of books; 43 cases of Big Books, 7 cases of pocket size 12X12s, 10 cases of Spanish Big Books, and 5 cases of Spanish pocket 12X12s:
| Case Qty. | Per Book | Cost | Cases | Total | |||
| Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (B-30) | 20 | $ 7.46 | $ 149.20 | 43 | $ 6,415.60 | ||
| Spanish AA (SB-30) | 20 | $ 7.46 | $ 149.20 | 10 | $ 1,492.00 | ||
| 12X12 Pocket-size (B-17) | 40 | $ 5.33 | $ 213.20 | 7 | $ 1,492.40 | ||
| Spanish 12X12 Pocket-size (SB-17) | 40 | $ 5.33 | $ 213.20 | 5 | $ 1,066.00 | ||
| Total | $10,466.00 | ||||||
Please let me know if of 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.
In service,
Aaron B. 480-202-8993, Literature Coordinator, Valleywide H&I, PO Box 80126, Phoenix, AZ 85060-0126