Colorado Woman to Woman
2024 CONFERENCE
May 3-5
Trail West, Buena Vista, CO
Thank You! To All Who Participated
The 2024 Woman to Woman Conference has come and gone. We have finally recovered from the fall out from Covid-19. We reached capacity this year and were able to place all on the Wait List when last minute changes occurred with registrants.
We introduced electronic check-in and the first 57 registrants were on their way to their rooms in the first 15 minutes! For those who attended in previous years, you may remember this was always a bottle neck as soon as check-in opened.
A big Thanks goes to Kim M. who chaired this year's conference and Welcome to Ann F. who will Chair our 2025 Conference.
Our volunteer committees are off for the summer and will return in the Fall to begin organizing next year's conference. More information will be published here as it becomes available. Until then stay safe and healthy.
If you are interested in joining us, please click on the Join 2025 Committee tab and submit the form. We will be in contact with meeting information toward the end of summer.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN
AA AND AL-ANON WOMEN
The Colorado Woman to Woman Conference is composed of women in recovery from the effects of alcoholism in their lives. Although a separate entity from both AA and Al-Anon, the Conference is based on the Twelve Steps, common to both programs. The conference attempts to bridge the gap between AA and Al-Anon women by sharing together in meetings, at meals, during free time, and, as far as is practical, in rooming arrangements. And by providing a weekend of spiritual renewal by following the principles of our programs.
Humble Beginnings
1991 - Two women, inspired by conferences of the same name – Woman to Woman - in other states, began brainstorming ideas and recruiting other women in recovery to get involved. These women, Ann and Rusty, began forming the basic ideas for a conference here in Colorado that would bridge the gap between AA and Al-Anon women.
They contacted a couple of women, Rosalie and Linda, and asked them to contribute their efforts. They agreed, and soon more women jumped on board (Jane, Louise B. and Chesley). The ball began to roll…
The women began to meet on a frequent, often weekly, basis. One of the first steps was to determine the format of the conference. Taking their cue from the other W2W conferences, the Founding Mothers based the format on their examples. Texas W2W generously provided their By-Laws for a foundation to follow, and provided $100 seed money to get Colorado’s conference off the ground. The only “payback” required for this initial investment was a request to “pass it on” to another foundling Woman to Woman conference.
The Chair and Co-Chair positions were created, and the W2W Preamble was drafted, using a combination of both the AA and Al-Anon preambles. It was determined that the annual conference would be held the weekend before Mother’s Day. The selection of speakers was, and continues to be, one based upon word of mouth, and speaker tapes.
The next step was to raise money for the conference. There was a fundraiser held early in the year at the El Jabel Shrine. This consisted of a luncheon and a fashion show, in which some of the early participants modeled the T-shirts to be sold at the conference. As many as 100 people attended the fundraiser, many of whom were women who supported the fundraiser, but were not able to attend the conference. The luncheon was successful, raising enough money to fund the conference’s first year.
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