About Region 4
Region 4 of Overeaters Anonymous serves the individual OA groups and Intergroups in Illinois [except Chicagoland area], Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, Northwest Ontario, and Nunavut Territory, Canada. Region 4 is one of 11 regions organized to provide a bridge between groups, Intergroups, and OA worldwide.
Mission
The mission of Region 4 is to actively support the Region 4 Intergroups to carry the message of recovery to compulsive eaters.
How Region 4 Serves Groups and Intergroups
- Acts as a conduit between the World Service Business Office, Intergroups, and Regions
- Hosts bi-annual Assemblies where Region board members and Intergroup representatives meet to discuss concerns and successes, develop outreach initiatives, and share best practices
- Provides funding, as needed, to help Intergroups:
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- Send reps to Assemblies
- Send delegates to the World Service Business Conference
- Develop public information programs to make OA known in their areas
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- Supports the work of Region 4 committees and initiatives
- Publishes “R4ward,” a monthly newsletter with information on OA events and R4 news
- Manages the Region 4 website
- Works with unaffiliated groups to connect them with an Intergroup
- Sponsors a Region Convention every two years
- Provides travel funding for Region officers to present workshops
- Hosts “Community Conversations,” an informal monthly Zoom gathering
- Hosts virtual game nights to build fellowship
- Reviews, updates, and publishes the Region 4 Manual
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