Public Relations Committee
Who are we?
We are the Central Nova Area of Narcotics Anonymous Public Relations (PR) Committee.
What does “Public Relations” mean?
The term “Public Relations” refers to all of the relationships we
create and maintain with the general public, professionals, potential
members, and each other in our groups and service communities.
What is our purpose?
We
perform Public Relations service to increase awareness and credibility
of the NA program. We share our message openly with the public at
large, with prospective members, and with professionals. We perform
these services with the ultimate goal of carrying the message of
recovery to the addict who still suffers.
What do we do?
We help to carry the message of recovery by:
- Facilitating NA presentations inside hospitals, institutions, and correctional facilities
- Providing Public Information presentations
- Poster campaigns in our communities
- Maintaining and updating our Area website (www.centralnovaarea.ca), our phoneline and pager
- Fellowship Development (Outreach): We provide supportive services to any NA member, group, service body, or NA community in need.
How can I be of service?
- We need members to be panel speakers and panel leaders at the Detox, CORE, Choices, and the Men’s and Women’s Correctional Facilities.
- We need members to carry the NA pager.
- We need members to help maintain the website.
- We need members to be speakers for Public Information presentations at schools, to healthcare professionals, to the media, etc.
- We need members to participate in poster drives to help carry the message of recovery.
- We always need new ideas. You can be of service by bringing your ideas and your voice to our committee.
Where do I sign up?
Come to the committee meeting! There are no clean time requirements to join the committee; however there are clean time requirements to hold some service positions within the committee. Remember, this is YOUR committee; your input is welcome and encouraged.
When do we meet?
We meet on the last Sunday of each month from 11:30 until 1:30 pm at Mic Mac Friendship center on Gottigen Street in Halifax.
“Everything
that occurs in the course of NA Service must be motivated by the desire
to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who
still suffers.”
- Taken from the introduction to the Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous
