The 36th Annual Serenity In The Sierras conference will be in Oakhurst (east of Fresno) October 20, 21, and 22. There will be seven speakers, dinner and breakfast, dancing, karaoke and a raffle. Registration costs vary from $20 for only the conference, up to $94 including all meals, ice cream, a tee-shirt and a mug.

You can get electronic subscriptions to the AA Grapevine and La Viña

Are you a young person, or young at heart? Would you like to join other like-minded people? Join us! Starting this Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 at 5:30 PM, a new meeting for young people and people young at heart begins. It’s a candlelight meeting, in the basement at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Visalia.

Would you like to be a part of the New Years Eve 2023 Party? We’re holding our first planning meeting on Tuesday August 8th, at 6:00 PM.

If you would like to attend the business meeting / group conscience for the Springville Second Sunday Breakfast Speaker meeting, please put Saturday August 5th, 10 AM at the Porterville Twelve Step Recovery Club on your calendar.

Would you like to be of service at our Soberfest event? Please attend our planning meeting July 12 at 5:30 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal -and- on Zoom.

This is an in-person meeting on Saturdays, from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

The street address says Visalia, but the map shows it as East of Farmersville near Highway 198.

It’s Easier Than You Think.

Your Anonymity Is Protected.

There’s a vital need for outside AA members to sponsor AA members in prisons. NorCal H&I (Hospitals and Institutions) (a 9th Tradition service committee) is starting a groundbreaking program called Inside Visiting Sponsorship Service (IVSS). To get started, please attend a 1 hour online informational meeting.

If you happen to live near Baltimore MD, you’d probably like to attend in-person. But for the rest of us, the 2023 National AA Technology Workshop can be attended online – of course! Do you or your group or office have an interest in technology in AA? This is the workshop for you. Topics this year will be:

• Helping Online Intergroup Manage a Meeting Directory at Scale
• Solving Our Common Problems: A Technology Update from TIAA
• Virtual Meetings: Best Practices
• AI in AA – Bringing New Depth to the Meeting List
• AI in AA – The Potential for Generative AI to Enhance and Support AA Activities and Content
• The Pressing Need for Pre-Production Planning in Hybrid and Virtual Events
• DIY Usability Testing for Better AA Websites
• How Australia is Dancing the Digital 12 Step
• How to Most Effectively Use AA Approved Literature in a Virtual Setting
• “Off the Shelf Solutions” for Technology in AA including Code4Recovery, Twelve Step Meeting List (TSML) and the Meeting Guide
• What’s New – 2023 Technology Update from AAWS and Grapevine
• AA’s 12th Concept: Bringing Spiritual Guidance to Our Technology Community
• And back by popular demand: Blasts from the Past, Birds of a Feather, and more!

June 10, 1935 was the day Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, with the first meeting of Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. To celebrate Founders Day, we will be holding a picnic and speaker meeting this Saturday June 10, 2023.

Tulare County Central Office
Founders Day Picnic

SATURDAY • JUNE 10, 2023
MOONEY GROVE PARK • VISALIA • ARBOR #9

SPEAKER: Anita B. from Lemoore, CA
Lunch Served from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
LUNCH: Adults: $8.00/Children Under 12: $1.00
BBQ Hamburgers & Hot Dogs with Beans, Salad, Chips & Dessert • Sodas & Waters: $1.00
GATES OPEN: 8:00 AM • Fun, Food & Fellowship • Speaker: 1:00

Basket raffle
50/50
Volleyball
Horseshoes
Cornhole

Mooney Grove Park does charge a $6 per carload entrance fee (Senior discount is $3)