Origins of the event
Last year on July 11, 2020 The Washington Northern Idaho Region unanimously approved the motion to sponsor/host a 72 hour virtual event to raise money for NA World Services. The Journey Continues event was held September 4-7, 2020.
Then again, Saturday January 9, 2021 Washington Northern Idaho Region unanimously approved the motion to sponsor/host to Coordinate the Collaboration of A Month of Caring & Sharing-The Journey Continues. This was a 30 day Video Conference Fundraising Recovery Event During the month of April 2021.
On July 10, 2021 the Washington Northern Idaho Region again unanimously approved the motion to sponsor/host a 72 hour virtual event to raise money for NA World Services. The Journey Continues – Revisited, the event will be held Friday noon PDT September 3 through Monday noon PDT September 6, 2021.
The overall mission is 5-fold:
- 1) to share our recovery celebration;
- 2) to raise financial support for NAWS;
- 3) to build relationships; to raise awareness of how to access accurate NA information;
- 4) to expand the discussion of member support of NA service and moving from a literature and product sales support base to individual contributions;
- 5) to increase the number of recurring contributions by individual members worldwide.