Service Committees

Link to the Service Committee Calendar

INTERGROUP

Willamette Valley Intergroup is a nonprofit corporation that provides an Alcoholics Anonymous Central Office governed by an Intergroup committee.  The purpose is to encourage mutual support and cooperation between groups in the Alcoholics Anonymous community in District 4 (click here for the district map). It exists to aid the groups in their common purpose of carrying the A.A. message to the alcoholic who still suffers.  It does this by maintaining a Central Office; Answering Service; meeting schedules; website; and creating committees that provide further essential functions.

CENTRAL OFFICE

Located at 687 Cottage Street in Salem, Oregon.  This office provides literature and coins for the A.A. community.  It is manned by volunteers of Alcoholics Anonymous 6 days a week and is a central contact point for meeting schedules; announcements and information for upcoming events and service committees.  Twelve-step calls are received and processed during office hours and phones are forwarded to after-hour volunteers.

EVENTS COMMITTEE

This group of volunteers develops and initiates events for the A.A. community.  The events are for fun and are either free or with minimal expenses. Any profits are donated to the WVI.

H & I COMMITTEE (Hospitals & Institutions Committee)

Coordinates with A.A. members to provide panels, meetings, literature, and on-call member lists to institutions and parole/probation offices within the Willamette Valley.  This committee is responsible for the county jails and local treatment centers and hospitals in Marion and Polk County.

LADIES LUNCHEON

A group of A.A. members who create an annual luncheon for the women in the fellowship. This event is for fun and fellowshipping. Any profits are donated to WVI and District 4.

SOBERFEST

A registered group of Alcoholics Anonymous that creates a convention for the A.A. community annually in the Willamette Valley.

OSYPAA

OSYPAA was created in 2011 by a group of young people in Eugene. Roughly a year after hosting WACYPAA, Eugene’s young people’s committee was struggling to find a purpose. No longer acting as a bid committee for WACYPAA, the unity among YPAA’s in the area had dwindled considerably. Looking to unify the area, and ultimately the entire state, the group then known as EASYPAA (Eugene and Springfield Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous) would vote to disband. They immediately reformed as the first ever OSYPAA host committee.

Oregon State Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous is a committee whose intent is to have a yearly conference in Oregon that will enrich and strengthen the young people’s fellowship across the state. OSYPAA’s aim is to reach young people in sobriety and carry the message of AA’s Twelve Steps while demonstrating that life as a sober young person is both exciting and worthwhile.

DISTRICT 4

Each group’s Group Service Representative (G.S.R.) usually participates in regular district meetings with the G.S.R.s of other local groups. There the G.S.R.s discuss plans and make decisions on how to best serve the local groups. They also learn more about what is happening in A.A. world service. G.S.R.s also take part in area assemblies. They give input to those representing your area at the General Service Conference.

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