The World Service Office, Regional Service Areas, and Local Districts
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups, Inc. or the Al-Anon/Alateen World Service Office supports a worldwide fellowship whose purpose is to support individual Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups. The individual Al-Anon/Alateen groups are organized into regional service areas, which are then further broken into local districts. This structure facilitates communication between groups, districts, regional service areas, and the World Service Office. District 23 represents all Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups in Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties and it falls within the Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA).
District 23 Al-Anon and Alateen Answering Service
(831) 204-0122
Northern CA Spanish Intergroup (San Jose)
1376 4th Street
San Jose, CA
(408) 437-3130
Contribute to the World Service Office
You can contribute online or send a check.
Make checks payable to AFG Inc.
Send your check to AFG Inc.
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617
(800) 344-2666
Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST
Contribute to District 23
You can donate online or mail a check.
To contribute by mail, please make checks payable to: District 23 AFG.
Donations for Institutions, or any other specific purpose should be indicated in the memo section. Checks for Alateen should be made payable to District 23 Alateen. Send the check to:
District 23 AFG
PO Box 713
Soquel, CA 95073
Contribute to the Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA)
You can donate online or mail a check. Make checks payable to NCWSA. On the memo line, write District 23 and your group’s WSO number. Send the check to:
NCWSA Treasurer
NCWSA of AFG, Inc.
PO Box 1410
Woodbridge, CA 95258
Transition to an electronic group in NCWSA
Follow these instructions to transition to an electronic group in NCWSA.
Report New Meetings and Meeting Changes
The Group Rep (GR) follows the steps below if you are starting a new meeting in District 23 or need to report a meeting change (GR, CMA, location, time, etc.).
The Group Rep (GR) or responsible person designated by the Group should go to the Al-Anon World Service Organization (WSO) website and make the changes.
- Go to https://al-anon.org/for-members/group-resources/group-records/ .
- Select Face-to-Face Meetings US, Canada and Bermuda.
- Select either New Al-Anon Group Registration or Al-Anon Group Change.
Make your changes online or download and submit a printed form. Instructions for submitting the print form are provided at the bottom of the form.
Additional information for meeting changes:
- You need your meeting’s WSO number. To locate your meeting’s WSO number, select Meetings in the main navigation bar of our District website. Locate your meeting in the list. Click on the meeting name to view the meeting details and find the WSO meeting number.
- Enter 023 for the District number. We are in District 23 of the Northern California Area.
- Enter CAN for the Area name. We are in the Northern California Area.
What happens next?
The WSO sends the new meeting or meeting change information to the Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA) Group Records Coordinator. The NCWSA Group Records Coordinator then emails the information to our District Representative (DR) and the Group Representative (GR) of that group.
For Website Updates, Questions, Comments, and Corrections
Email: admin@al-anon-nocal-district23.org