Corrections Committee

Corrections Donations containers have been placed with 11 groups so far.  I have spoken with Jail Volunteer Coordinators in all 4 county jails. Henderson County Jail is the only one open for volunteers.  The other 3 jails are closed to volunteers.  I attended the speaker meeting in Forrest City last month and met AA members from Rutherfordton.  3 containers were left with those groups.  I plan to attend the next speaker meeting in a couple of weeks.  I would love to have a some of you to go with me. There are 4 groups in Transylvania County and 4 in Henderson County which have containers.

This week I delivered 6 Big Books along with some pamphlets to the Polk County Chaplain who requested them on our initial contact.

I will be meeting with the Contact person who holds recovery meetings at the Rutherford County Jail. She was very happy to accept them.

I spoke with and then met the AA volunteer who goes into the Rutherford Correctional Facility (prison).  I offered Big Books to him but he declined stating that they didn’t need any right now.

The literature closet at the Henderson County has literature and a few Big Books.  Since there are no male volunteers right now, I have asked a couple of the Blue Ridge Ministry volunteers to take in a couple of Big Books to the men’s pods.

Just recently, I sent out a mass email to the men who signed up to volunteer instructing them to go to the detention center to fill out applications.   I will be sending out an email to the female volunteers since I am the only one going in and I need help.

Respectfully submitted, Terry G. Corrections Chair