For events outside of Districts 2 & 11: visit the Area 70 website
aavt.org
Posting guidelines: Only AA events will be posted. “AA Event” is defined as: endorsed by an AA service structure entity such as a group or district; its purpose is to carry the message; inclusive for all AA members; free unless site (not AA) charges a nominal fee; follows the AA Traditions. To maintain anonymity, no personal contact information will be included. Contact webservant@burlingtonaa.org
Keep in Touch!
Would you like to get an email notifying you whenever something new is posted on burlingtonaa.org? Such as News, Events, or the latest issue of The Eye Opener... If so, email webservant@burlingtonaa.org (your email address will be kept confidential).
Districts 2&11 Print Meeting List - updated quarterly
Click here to download or print the current Districts 2 & 11 Meeting List on 8-1/2x14" paper.
--2025-03-20: This is the March edition-- printed copies will be available soon!
To get copies to hand out at District 2 meetings, contact the District 2 Meeting List Chair (via the District Committee Chair): dcm@burlingtonaa.org
To get copies to hand out at District 11 meetings, contact the District 11 DCM: area70dcm11@aavt.org
2025 Annual Vermont State AA Convention- Registration now open!
April 4-6 at the Equinox Hotel, Manchester Village, VT
A great opportunity to meet AAs from VT and vicinity! Enjoy meetings, meals, snacks, coffee and fellowship.
Register & pay online, or print & mail the registration form & fee. Register by February 28, 2025 to save $5.
Go to the
Area 70 website (aavt.org) for details.
Milton At Last Quarterly Celebration Event - Spring Fling
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
United Church, 51 Main St, Milton, VT 05468
6:30 pm Potluck provided by group members (bring a dish only if you want to!)
7:30 Discussion meeting
Come join us to celebrate the sobriety milestones from January through March.
Gratitude Garage Spring Fling Cookout
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Gratitude Garage, 8 Saxon Hill Rd, Essex Jct, VT
4:00 pm - Potluck
5:30 pm - Out of town speaker
Burgers, dogs & drinks provided by Gratitude Garage. Bring a newcomer, a side dish and a smile!
The International Convention will be held July 3-6, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Celebrating AA's 90th Anniversary
Registration opened September 10, 2024. Click the logo below for all the official information from aa.org
Recovery Game Night Continues!
Every Saturday, 7-10 pm
Gratitude Garage, 8 Saxon Hill Rd, Essex Jct, VT
Enjoy a night of fellowship with coffee & snacks while playing games with your friends.
Games provided, but bring one if you have a favorite!
For more info: 802gamenight@clubmember.org
Gratitude Garage 5th Annual Whoopee Party!
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Gratitude Garage, 8 Saxon Hill Rd, Essex Jct, VT 05452
3 pm - Potluck
5:30 pm - Out of town speaker
Burgers, Hotdogs, Cold Drinks & Coffee Provided - bring a dish to share and a lawn chair.
LEASHED dogs are welcome.
Meeting Date/Time/Location/Format Changes
--Queen City Sobriety (Fri, 5:30 pm, College St Congregational Church, Burlington) is FOLDING - the last meeting will be March 21, 2025
--Progress Not Perfection, Friday at noon at Lund (Glen Rd location) is no longer meeting.
--Starting February 9, 2025, THROUGH MARCH, Sober Sunday will temporarily meet at the Turning Point Center, 179 So Winooski Ave, Burlington
New Meetings
As of 2025-02-12: In-person: Progress Not Perfection, Tuesday, 9:15 am, Lund, 50 Joy Dr, So Burlington. Open, Step, Speaker, Living Sober. Men & Women welcome. Sign-in with 1st name and last initial required. Park in lot.
Starting 2025-02-15: In-person: How It Works Group is back! (after going online during the pandemic, then going on hold) New time, location & format: Sat 7 pm, Gratitude Garage, open Discussion.
Meetings That Could Use Support
Are you interested in mixing up your meeting schedule a bit, and attending a small meeting where everyone gets a chance to share if they want to, with no time pressure? Here is a list of small meetings whose attendance varies between 2 and 20. The regulars at these meetings would love to see some new faces! Some have considered folding but are holding on because newcomers often attend. Explore the AA community and help carry the message!
- High Noon (Wed, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
- Sane and Sober (Wed, 6:30 pm, Vibrant Church, 2025 Williston Rd)
- Milton At Last (Wed, 7:30 pm, United Church of Milton, 51 Main St)-- hybrid
- Thursday Noon Big Book Meeting (Thurs, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
- The Widening Circle (Thurs, 5:30 pm, Decker Towers, 230 St Paul St)
- Ambush (Fri, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
- Milton At Last (Fri, 7:30 pm)-- online
- Friday Night Speakeasy (Fri, 7 pm, Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St)
Submit YOUR Story to The Eye Opener!
The Eye Opener is a local AA newsletter, published monthly. GSRs from groups in Districts 2 & 11 sign up to submit 3 stories from their group members-- District 2 takes the odd-numbered months, District 11 takes the even-numbered months.
NEW!! You do not have to be a member of a group that has committed to submitting stories for that month. The editors will accept your story and publish it as soon as possible, as long as you are a member of an AA group in District 2 or 11!
See the
Local AA Stories page for submission guidelines. We look forward to hearing from you!
Website News
2025-03-22 UPDATE ON DISTRICT 2 & 11 WEBSITE: The Website Committee is now considering discontinuing the burlingtonaa.org site and using the Area 70 site (aavt.org) instead for all information currently listed on burlingtonaa.org. Already all meeting listings (in-person, online and hybrid) and events are duplicated on aavt.org (including District Business mtgs). We are working with the Area Web Committee to consider adding a page for District news-- the Eye Opener would be available there.
Please explore aavt.org if you haven't already! It contains information about service positions, where to send contributions, the Area newsletter (State of the State), info for newcomers and professionals, and contact forms. The Meeting Guide app gets its meeting info from aavt.org.
News from the AA General Service Office
The 2nd printing of the Plain Language Big Book is now available!
Click here for a description and ordering info.
2024-2026 edition of the AA Service Manual is available online:
Click here for more info.
Click here to read the November, 2024 letter from the General Service Office about the status of GSO finances. This information may be useful for groups and members considering contributions.
Box 459 is the newsletter published 4x/year by GSO.
Read the current issue, and sign up here if you'd like an email whenever the latest issue is published. Past issues are available at this site, too. To understand more about how the General Service Board managers AA's finances, read a 3-part series "Inside A.A. Finances", in the summer, fall and winter 2023 issues.
In December, 2023, the latest Membership Survey was published--
as a pamphlet, and
online in more detail. This publication lists various statistics about the AA membership, collected in 2022.
For up-to-date news from GSO,
click here.
Service Opportunities
Service will keep you sober! If you are already doing AA service, thank you! How about your sponsees? The service structure of AA was developed to help us carry the message in many ways.
There are opportunities in Districts 2 & 11 that require only as much of your time that you want to give. You don't need to be an officer or chair-- you can simply serve on a committee.
Attend the next Business meeting of your District to learn how you can participate! Dates & times on
Home page.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A WEB DESIGNER!!! The District 2 & 11 Web Committee (this committee has members from both districts because the website is shared by both districts) is building a new website on WordPress. Many thanks to Greg T, who built our current site! But there's a steep learning curve to manage it, so we are shifting to WordPress, which is easy to edit. Thanks to Brendan B for creating the new site! But it needs some fine-tuning, and Brendan has moved out of state.
Please spread the word, and contact webservant@burlingtonaa.org if you know how to design in WordPress and are willing to give a few hours of your time for this important job!
Positions open in District 2: Corrections, Events, PI/CPC, Treatment/Accessibility
Positions open in District 11: Alternate DCM, Answering Service, Literature and Grapevine, Treatment/Accessibility
To help you choose what area you'd like to get involved with:
Click here for descriptions of District 2 Officer positions.
Click here for descriptions of District 2 Committee Chair positions.
Click Here for the District 11 Guidelines, which includes descriptions of the Officer and Committee Chair positions.
The Answering Service needs phone numbers of AAs in Districts 2 & 11 who are willing to speak to someone who calls the Hotline. If someone calls the Hotline (802-802-2288) asking to speak to a member of AA, an Answering Service employee will take their number and have an AA member call them back. If you'd like to add your name to the list, contact Scudder, the District 2 Answering Service Chair: answeringservice@burlingtonaa.org
Corrections:
--The District 11 Corrections Committee collects Grapevines and puts on AA mtgs at the women's facility in South Burlington. To connect with them, email the District Secretary: aasecretaryd11@gmail.com
--For information about state-wide Corrections service opportunities, please email the Area Corrections Chair: area70corrections@aavt.org
