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Our 7th Tradition
How to
contribute to our Fellowship
Source: General Service Office
pamphlet
What is DA’s 7th
Tradition?
- Just like your own group, the
GSO is self-supporting through the contributions of DA groups
and members everywhere. The GSO cannot serve you or any
suffering compulsive debtor without your personal and your
group’s experience, strength, hope and financial support. The
GSO must serve a rapidly growing number of members like you and
groups like yours, and it cannot do so without adequate funds
and prudent reserves. Each DA member and each group is asked to
provide regular support at every level so each DA member, each
group and the GSO can do the most important task that any of us
has: to carry the message to the still-suffering compulsive
debtor.
How do my contributions help DA?
- Contributions support the
General Service Office (GSO)
- Contributions help publish
literature and other materials
Where does DA’s income come
from? Where does DA’s money go?
 
How can I make a personal
contribution?
- Each individual DA member who
is able is asked to contribute at each meeting so your local
group has enough funds to pay rent, buy literature, sponsor
special events, build a prudent reserve, and contribute to any
Area Group, any Intergroup and the GSB. Even if you are unable
to give, please keep coming back. The still-suffering debtor is
the most important person in DA and all the efforts of both the
GSO and the GSB serve you and help you and all compulsive
debtors like you recover. Members who have experienced
prosperity through recovery in DA are asked to put $5 in the
basket at each meeting. Individuals can make separate
contributions to the GSB of up to $5000 per year. Individuals
may want to give directly to the GSB on a regular basis or to
celebrate special occasions such as…
- Prosperity
contributions. If you receive a new job or a raise, pay off a
debt, resolve a legal issue successfully, or are blessed in any
other way through your recovery in DA, you may want to express
your gratitude with a contribution.
- Anniversary
Gifts. Many DA members give special gifts to the GSB to
commemorate the anniversary of their first DA meeting or their
first day of abstinence from compulsive debting.
- Regular
contributions: many DA members put monthly or quarterly
contributions to the GSB, above and beyond their group
donations, in their personal spending plans.
How can my meeting contribute?
- We suggest your group
establish a group spending plan and a local treasury with
adequate prudent reserves, usually three months of normal
expenses. Meet your local expenses first to keep the meeting
healthy. Divide any surplus—each month—by the following
recommended formula: if your area has an Intergroup, contribute
50% of any surplus to Intergroup, and 505 to the GSB. If your
area has an Intergroup and an Area Group of GSRs, then
contribute 45% to Intergroup, 45% to the GSB and 10% to the Area
Group. If your area does NOT have either an Intergroup or an
Area Group, contribute 100% of the surplus to the GSB. Each
treasurer should send a contribution by check or money order
after the group’s monthly business meeting.
How can my Intergroup
contribute?
- Intergroups are asked to
contribute 100% of their surplus to the GSB.
What can my Area Group do?
- Area Groups are asked to
contribute 100% of their surplus to the GSB.
Collecting contributions for
special events
- Many groups and Intergroups
pass a special basket to support the GSB during special events,
such as Fellowship Days, World Service Month, group
anniversaries, etc.
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