Your support matters
SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH OUR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS
“Self-support begins with me, because I am part of us – the group. We pay our rent and utility bills, buy coffee, snacks and A.A. Literature. We support our central office, our area committee, and our General Service Office. If it were not for those entities, many new people would never discover the miracles of A.A.”
While there are no dues or fees for A.A. membership, our group does have expenses. We rely on the support of our group members to to pay rent, provide free Beginner’s Packets for newcomers, celebrate sobriety milestones with anniversary coins, and supply literature for various topic meetings.
There are various ways in which members can make confidential one-time or recurring Seventh Tradition contributions to the group. In keeping with the Seventh Tradition, we ask that only A.A. members make donations and that no individual contributes more than $5,000 per year.
Contributions can be made directly to the Rainbow Room through Zelle online payment service and are preferred to Paypal as there is no service charge assessed against your donation. Most banks offer Zelle online payment services and more information is available at: https://www.zellepay.com/ Please be sure to use the following address when setting up the Rainbow Room as a payee on Zelle: rainbowroomfinance@gmail.com
Paypal can also be used to make your 7th Tradition contributions to the Rainbow Room. While slightly less optimal than Zelle as a payment service due to the 2.9% fee that Paypal assesses against each donation, it is a welcome form of payment and the Rainbow Room appreciates your contribution. Payment can be made by clicking on the below Donate button:
Should you prefer to make a cash donation, you are encouraged to hold your 7th Tradition cash contributions aside and donate when we are able to meet again in person in the room.
Please do not attempt to donate through VENMO, we do not utilize this online payment service.
More information can be found from the A.A. pamphlet “Self-Support: Where Money and Spirituality Mix“.
“The Seventh Tradition states that Alcoholics Anonymous is self-supporting through our own contributions. The contributions help to cover the group’s expenses. But the Seventh Tradition is more than simply paying for rent and other group expenses. It is both a privilege and a responsibility of individual groups and members to ensure that our organization, at every level, remains forever self-supporting and free of outside influences that might divert us from our primary purpose.”