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- Contribute to the Find a Meeting Improvements Campaign â Phase 2 Is Starting!
- New Service Bodies
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- Translation Funding Available for OA Literature â Apply Anytime!
- New Inside OA Podcast: Region Nine Liaison
- New âInside OAâ Podcast: Unity with Diversity
- Are You Living Abstinently? Share Your Insights by September 15 for a New Publication
- New! Quarterly Contributions Report and a Message from Our Treasurer
- Four New Podcasts Cover the Spiritual Principles, Step Twelve, and Resources to Carry the Message
- New Shipping Prices for non-US Bookstore Orders Start August 1
- Now Accepting 2026 Delegate Support Fund Applications
- New âInsideâ OA Podcast: Being Treasurer and Having Fun with Service
- Coin and Medallion Prices Increasing August 1
- Apply for Professional Exhibits Funds
- New âInside OAâ Podcast: Understanding Public Information and Professional Outreach (PIPO) in OA
- OA Announces Find a Meeting Improvements Campaign â Download the New Flyer!
- World Service Business Conference: 2025 Wrap-Up Report and 2026 Deadline Dates Now Available in Your Language
- Logo Blanket Permission Has Been Expanded and Reprint Requests Limited
- Major Update: OA Copyright and Trademarks Requests page
- Agenda Completed with Time to Spare: World Service Business Conference 2025 Results
- New âInside OAâ Podcast: Center Mic Monitor
- Updated: Translation Guidelines and OA Glossary
- Can You Help? Read Our 2025 Annual Appeal Letter at Your Meeting
- New âInside OAâ Podcasts Will Bring You Personal Perspectives on Region and World Service
- New! Mobile-Friendly and Translatable Documents in the Document Library
- 2024 Audit Results for OA, Inc. Published
- Where Do I Start? Newcomer Pamphlet Is Now Mobile Friendly in 48 Languages! Find it at OA.org/start
- Expanded and Improved! OA Handbook for Members, Groups, and Service Bodies: Everything You Need to Know About OAâs Structure
- New! Use Our QR Code for 7th Tradition Contributions
- New Resource: One-on-One Professional Outreach: Demonstration Video and Talking Points
- How Is OA Recovering? Read Our Survey of 3,400 OA Members!
- 2025 Update: OA Literature Catalog and Order Form
- Updated Starter Kit Now Available
- New! Buy Just the Worksheets for the Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide
- Contribution Change Highlighted in Updated Pamphlet
- Updated: Courier Newsletter for Health and Wellness Professionals
- Attention Service Bodies: New Policies and Procedures Template Available
- New Resource for Service Bodies: Free Licensed Images, Translation, and Graphic Design Platform
- Nine OA Pamphlets Now Available in Digital Format!
- Body Image Now a Specific Focus for OA Meetings
- OA Board Passes US$1.9 Million Budget for 2025
- Suggested Seventh Tradition Split for Groups Will Change to 50/10/40 in 2025
- Pamphlet and Wallet Card Prices Will Increase US$.25 Starting January 1, 2025
- Updated: Press Kit for Media Professionals
- New E-book! Twelfth-Step-Within Handbook
- New! Atheist/Agnostic/Secular Meeting Format
- Contributions Needed: Professional Exhibits Fund
- Lifeline Now Available in 47 Languages; Translation Editors Needed
- Discover the Joy of Service in Our New E-Zine
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- Sponsorship, Traditions, and Service Workshop – New Mexico
- Region Eight Business Assembly and Recovery Convention – North Carolina
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