Clinton Central Park 60th Anniversary

 Standing room only at our 60th, I think we used every chair but the pews upstairs. A great feed and great speakers obtained by Dennis: Sandy from Ashburnham Sunday Night and Dale from Rutland. In attendance our long timers Tom B. (pictured with Tami and the cake, thanks Dianne), Big Al...and many more from all over. Thanks to all who worked, cooked, baked, and kept us going all these years.

Yahtzee Girl has passed on

 

Pat C. passed away suddenly last Saturday, sober nearly 29 years.  Pat traveled with us on commitments for many years and was very active in her church as well as AA. Known to some as half-a-cake Pat, for me she was "Yahtzee girl" due to her ever present game console. In recent hears she traveled less because of her hearing but she remained faithful to her church and her AA program till the end. We will miss you Pat. 

Memorial Service are July 8 at 11:00 am at the Presbyterian Church where Shamrock meets.

Obituary is at the McVally funeral home web site

Add Central Park calendar to your phone calendar

The Central Park calendar is how we publish our events, like incoming groups, outgoing commitments and anniversaries  of other groups that we learn about, and other AA related events. The calendar widget on this site is one way to view it but many will want it nearer to hand on their cell phones calendar app.

There are many phone calendar apps out there, most will allow the integration of another public calendar with your personal calendar, the most common method being "by URL". So find out how your particular calendar does it. It will be a control labeled "other calendars" or "add calendar". Sometimes the app provider (Google for example) will want you to do it via their web interface.

 Here is the address of our web calendar.

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y2VudHJhbHBhcmtjbGludG9uQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ

Tom B. Celebrates 58 years

Today Jan 2 2022 our beloved remaining founder Tom celebrates 58 years of sobriety. Here are some photos from this blog from when Tom got his 46 year medallion, pictured with  John T. and Mike B. who spoke that night with many others.

Tom B. helped John T. and Paul O. found the Central Park Group in May of 1964 when Tom had but 5 months of sobriety. For the past many decades Tom has been our main commitment organizer and hot dog announcer. Recently he has missed meetings due to illness but he sounded good today on the phone and will receive his 58 year medallion when he is ready to get out again.

Kathy V.

 

Our dear friend and group member Kathy V. passed away after a period of illness. She reached 60 years of sobriety just a few days ago, with a universe of friends and family who loved her. 

Slattery's Funeral Home
40 Pleasant St. Marlboro Ma.

Sterling BB Open for live meetings

The Sterling Thursday night meeting has re-opened for live in person meetings. This is an open-to-the-public Big Book "Lite" meeting, we read a chapter and discuss. Perfect for newcomers with questions about the Big Book and the AA way of life. Every Thursday 8-9PM St Richards church basement (Bridge St).

Grand Re-opening July 2 2021

 

Central Park group of AA Clinton MA  established 1964

Website: http://centralparkaa.blogspot.com/

Grand (relatively speaking) Reopening July 2

Good Shepherd Church 8-9pm no break ( we will go back to 9:30 when we can have breaks and food)

Hello my CCP peeps....we are starting up again indoors at the Good Shepherd church.

We have to make some adjustments in the near term to comply with church, state and CDC guidelines.

• Stay home if you have any symptoms just to be on the safe side- if you come down with COVID at any time please notify Clinton BOH for tracing purposes
  
• Hygiene We will make hand sanitizer and wipes available, and wipe down handles, mic and chairs after the meeting.
• chairs will be spaced 3-6 ft, (exception if you are from the same household.) masks optional esp if vaccinated . Try to set chairs further back from podium.
  
• Commitments - I will maintain the calendar for incoming and outgoing. We have an outgoing to Townsend Wed Jun 30 leaving town 6:30. They are the incoming for July 2.
• FOOD - we won't be using the kitchen, or making coffee until the state opens completely and we are notified by church. You are free to bring coffee, drinks, snacks, including to share, but you MUST take out everything including trash when you leave.
• NON-HYBRID - this is a live meeting only. We won't be using any technology unless the group decides as a group to do so. At present there does not seem to be support for zooming the meeting.
• The substitute groups for  ccp and shamrock which sprung up at the center Tues and Friday night may be discontinued shortly unless there is a covid surge and we are evicted from church.
• Dennis A. is inheriting the book from Tom B. thanks to you both for your service

God Bless your Efforts.....rocky