There are new and revolving volunteer opportunities at the office, such as answering the phone, preparing mailings, updating meetings on the website, or re-stocking the bookstore. Learn more about getting involved here.
IG Office Volunteer
Office Volunteer: answers AA Hotline at the office helps out with various tasks as assigned by the office staff. EX: Assisting customers with purchase selections, inventory counts, copying, making up various new group or new member packets, light housekeeping, etc.
For further information please call the IG office at 904-399-8535 or E-Mail: neflintergroup@gmail.com
Tradition Eight
“Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.”
Primary Purpose
The AA Groups in NE Florida formed the NE Florida Intergroup Office to carry out necessary AA functions that no single Group could perform. Our Staff is special workers who are paid to ensure that Chicago AA has the resources necessary to carry out its primary purpose, “to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” The office works through the dedicated AA volunteers who give their time to the office and fellowship.
Primary Purpose
The purpose of the office is to provide the infrastructure – the resources – so that the fellowship can carry out its 12-Step work.
Here’s what NE Florida Intergroup does to support AA service work:
Supporting Volunteers
The NE Florida Intergroup Office is directly responsible to the NE FL Area Service Assembly, the Group Conscience of the AA fellowship in NE FL as a whole. As a result, we help NE FL Area Assembly and its committees carry out their service work. Perhaps the Number One task of the office is answering telephone calls from the thousands of members and non-members who need to contact AA. At the heart of these calls, of course, are the calls from alcoholics seeking help. The office volunteers then call members on the 12-Step list and they talk to the suffering alcoholic. All this is possible because we have a Central Office.
Fellowship Information
The Central Office is responsible for producing directories of all the meetings in the NE FL area – for the city and the suburbs. These are distributed through the Office and are available online. NE Florida Intergroup Office maintains a database of 500 meetings to produce this directory.
Carrying the Message
The Office provides the basic resources so that volunteers serving on committees can carry the message. Many take AA meetings into correctional facilities where alcoholics cannot attend meetings of their choice. Others visit hospitals and treatment facilities. Still others, particularly young AA’s, carry the message to schools, conferences and other events by handing out literature, speaking, and educating both the general public and professionals – doctors, attorneys, nurses, counselors – on AA and its 12-Step program of recovery. Volunteers also ensure that sign language interpreter are available for the hearing impaired and meetings are accessible for everyone. The NE Florida Intergroup Office provides AA literature and other recovery-oriented materials requested by AA members and Groups.