• The Alano is a non-profit, membership-based organization providing a safe, accepting place for 12-step meetings

• The Alano HOSTS AA and other 12-step meetings and events

• Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people whose only desire is to stop drinking and help others to stop drinking.

• The 12 traditions of AA state that AA not be "affiliated with any group or outside enterprise." This includes an alano.

• The Alano and the meetings it hosts are two separate entities

• Active participation in a program of recovery

• Electing board members to service on behalf of the membership

• Treating the grounds and those who enter with dignity and respect

• Volunteering time, talents, and resources to maintain and grow our society

• The Robbinsdale Alano was established in 1952.

• It is the second oldest Alano in the state of Minnesota

• It is vital the doors of this building be open for the next alcoholics and their families, just like it was when we arrived.

• We want Robbinsdale Alano to be financially stable.

• Part of our 12-Step program is to get involved, as half measures avail us nothing.