12 Misc.

After spending the morning dealing with the frustrating details (‘whaddaya mean we don’t have the right envelopes!?”) of getting out a mailing to potential LifeRing donors, it was more than heartening to receive a card in the mail from “The Albuquerque Group” with the message, “Dear LifeRing, Thanks for all you do to provide a…

Martin C., convenor of the first Vancouver, Canada, LifeRing meeting, reports that there is now a second meeting in that city. The meeting is on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Daytox outpatient treatment center at 377 E. 2nd St. in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Martin reports that folks from the Tuesday meeting dropped in to…

As the year winds down, I, both personally as Executive Director and on behalf of the Board of Directors, want to take a moment to express gratitude to those who make LifeRing the organization that it is: the convenors. These are the people who organize our meetings, keep them open and on-track, and do the…

Kathleen G., in Denver, Colorado, has suggested that the LifeRing members there contribute one dollar to LifeRing for every month they’ve been clean-and-sober. It’s such a good idea, all LifeRingers should consider joining the effort. Kathleen writes: “A year or so ago, Tom J. had a fundraising idea for Denver’s LifeRing community: what if everyone…