Lend Us Your Helping Hands
Our hope is to break down the service opportunities into small enough parts so that service can be something a member signs up for as they choose to -- as a one-time project, on an ongoing, or as needed basis. To find the areas that you might be most interested in sharing your gifts and talents with ISO of COSA, we have listed many different interests and abilities below. Please check any that you believe apply to you.
Please note that if you are contacted with a service opportunity, you are not obligated to say yes.
 | Proficiency with e-mail |
| Willingness to share Experience, Strength, and Hope with newcomers |
| Experience with online groups |
| Geographical knowledge of own state or others. Which one(s)? ____________________ |
| Organizational skills |
| Love of reading - especially recovery related |
| Writing skills/interest |
| Proofreading skills |
| Great attention to detail |
| Transcription ability |
| Publishing knowledge |
| Awareness/knowledge of copyright law |
| Experience with production schedules |
| Graphic design/layout talents |
| Access to high-end copy machines at low-cost |
| Access to/ability to use tape duplicator machine |
| Experience in public relations with another organization/business |
| Web design skills/talents/abilities |
| Knowledge of HTML |
| Experience with press releases for informational purposes |
| Awareness of treatment facilities around the world |
| Ability to travel (at own expense) to different areas of the country to speak with representatives from treatment facilities/recovery programs |
| Event planning experience |
| Event registration experience |
| Experience coordinating volunteers for another organization |
| Hotel industry experience/knowledge |
| Accounting experience |
| Banking experience |
| Good with numbers |
| Business knowledge/training |
| Experience filing paperwork/documents with government agencies |
| Financial planning expertise/knowledge |
| Legal knowledge/training |
| Experience writing bylaws for another organization |
| Willingness to serve the fellowship |
| Artistic talents |
| Love of the COSA program |
| Desire to spread the message of COSA recovery to those who still suffer |
| Strong working knowledge of the 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts |
I would like to serve on a committee (you do not need to be a board member):
| Communications Committee |
| Public Information Committee |
| Convention Committee |
| Bylaws Committee |
| Finance Committee |
| Literature Committee |
| First name and last initial: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| Address (optional): | ______________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________ | |
| Phone: | ______________________________________________________________ |
| When to call: | Days Evenings Message OK?
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| E-mail: | ______________________________________________________________ |
I am willing to serve:
| Ongoing | | Monthly | | 1-2 hrs/week |
| As needed | | Quarterly | | 2-4 hrs/month |
| One time only | | Annually | | 5-10 hrs/month |
I prefer to be contacted with a service opportunity by:
| Telephone | | | Snail Mail |
| Mail to: | ISO of COSA Attention: Helping Hands PO Box 14537 Minneapolis MN 55414 |
| Groups may wish to send the forms collected from members together in one envelope. | |