{"id":40,"date":"2020-07-03T22:06:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:27:02","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/index.php\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/md.aancmco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mountain-doins-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mountain-doins-logo.jpg 934w, https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mountain-doins-logo-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mountain-doins-logo-768x253.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mountain Doin\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0the newsletter with all the news that\u2019s of interest to our local community is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wncaa.org\/md<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AA Members: Submit your stories, articles or poems! &nbsp;<\/strong>Do you have a personal story, a poem or an interesting article you would like to see published in the Mountain Doin\u2019s? Send it to us by the 15th of the month in order for us to include it in the following month\u2019s newsletter (i.e. February 15 for the March issue). Stories and articles can be up to about 600 words in length. Please include copyright information if the article contains quotes or portions that have been published in a book (i.e. \u201cAlcoholics Anonymous, 4th edition, page ??\u201d) or magazine (i.e. \u201cFrom the (date) Grapevine\u201d) Submissions can be mailed to: NCMCO, 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 206, Asheville, NC 28801 or emailed to: <a href=\"mailto:info@wncaa.org\">info@wncaa.org<\/a> If you have any questions give us a call: (828) 254-8539. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View more than 50 years of Mountain Doin&#8217;s\/Western North Carolina A.A. history in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/index.php\/mountain-doins-back-issues\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"640\">Mountain Doin&#8217;s Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"asl-on-the-a-a-w-s-youtube-channel\" style=\"color:#0071a1\">ASL on the A.A.W.S. YouTube Channel!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AA Big Book in ASL: Full Book\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL6Ke-nL58u6mS4B6fg8RnufQKDOB-Ow-X\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Good news! The Big Book and Twelve and Twelve in ASL are available&nbsp;with closed captions on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/communicationservices.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-olhhjx-iyqiityui-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A.A.W.S. YouTube channel<\/a>. All videos have closed captions and are in English only.&nbsp;We hope you enjoy! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cODIJjmDHYk&amp;list=PL6Ke-nL58u6mS4B6fg8RnufQKDOB-Ow-X&amp;index=2&amp;t=17s\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH NOW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"the-birthday-plan\" style=\"color:#0071a1\">The Birthday Plan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/happy_birthday_balloons.jpg\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wncaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Birthday.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" style=\"float:right\">For many years, A.A. members have celebrated their sobriety by sending a contribution to the General Service Office. Your birthday (or anniversary) money helps to support G.S.O.\u2019s services to members and groups throughout Canada and the U.S., to ensure that the A.A. message is carried around the world. The services that G.S.O. provides the A.A. groups cost more than $6 per member per year. Members customarily contribute $1, $2 or even $5 a year for each year of sobriety\u2014others may give a penny or a nickel a day for each day of their sobriety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may request these Birthday Contribution Envelopes (FR-5) from G.S.O., for yourself or for your group, at no charge. (Reprinted from Box 4-5-9 Vol. 62, No.1 \/ Spring 2016) Birthday Contribution Envelopes are available for free at Central Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we now have envelopes for Birthday\/ Anniversary Contributions to the North Carolina Mountain Central Office! Stop by the Office to pick up envelopes for yourself or your group members. Or call us (828-254-8539) and we will mail envelopes to you. 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