Missouri Al-Anon History
The earliest Missouri Group to register with the New York Clearing House, now the World Service Office, was the # 1 Troost Group in Kansas City. Although we do not know the actual year it was formed, we gleaned this information from a 1962 letter from the World Service Office, inviting Missouri to send a Delegate for the first time to the World Service Conference during the coming year. This letter was sent to the oldest registered Missouri group – the Kansas City Troost group. The first group to write to New York for information on how to register their group was in Malden, Missouri, in January 1955.
The earliest Missouri Group to register with the New York Clearing House, now the World Service Office, was the # 1 Troost Group in Kansas City. Although we do not know the actual year it was formed, we gleaned this information from a 1962 letter from the World Service Office, inviting Missouri to send a Delegate for the first time to the World Service Conference during the coming year. This letter was sent to the oldest registered Missouri group – the Kansas City Troost group. The first group to write to New York for information on how to register their group was in Malden, Missouri, in January 1955.
- By the end of 1955, Missouri had 5 groups listed with the New York Clearing House.
- Our state newsletter, the Round Robin, started publication in August 1963.
- First Missouri Area Assembly was held in October 1963, in St. Louis.
- First Delegate to attend the World Service Conference in New York was Eugene M. in 1964.
- First Convention was held in March 1968, in Springfield, after which it moved around the State. Beginning in 2022, Convention will be held each September at Old Kinderhook in Camdenton.
- No record of first Alateen group but by 1965 there were 5 Missouri Alateen groups in the World Directory – two in Kansas City, two in St. Louis, and one in Branson.
- First Missouri Alateen Roundup was in February 1975 at the Ramada Inn in Columbia.
- First Area Alateen workshop (now called Super Sunday) was held in July 1978 at Charles Still Hospital in Jefferson City. Twelve Alateen groups attended, and most of the Area Officers.
- First Area “Day in Service” held in September 1999 at Charles Still Hospital in Jefferson City.
