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The 49th Annual OA Birthday Party
February 13-15, 2009
Sheraton Gateway Hotel
This year's Birthday Party was one of the most successful events ever!
Almost 500 people attended from the following states: Arizona, California,
Florida, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York, Nevada, North Carolina,
Missouri, Maryland, Illinois, Texas and Montana.
Please consider attending next year's Birthday Party.
Click here to get the OA Birthday Party CD order form
Click here to get the Virtual Speakers CD order form
Click here to get the San Fernando Valley CD order form
Click here to read about one out-of-towner's experiences at last
year's Birthday Party and why you should come
Click here to listen to Rozanne S. talk about her
Birthday Party experiences
What is the
Birthday Party?
The annual OA Birthday
Party is a three day celebration of OA's founding in Los Angeles in
1960. Every year hundreds (over 500 last year) of recovering
compulsive overeaters from around the world gather to celebrate both
the event and their recovery. Many of the fellowship's longest
standing members attend and speakers and workshop leaders often have
20, 30 and 40 years of recovery.
Events will begin
with a Friday night inspirational main speaker, often followed by a play
or musical written and
performed by OA members, many of whom are in the Los Angeles
entertainment business. Saturday is an all-day affair with ‘round the clock
Marathon meetings, workshops and panels. There
is a Saturday luncheon, followed by another great speaker, as well as a Saturday Night dinner
and speaker, followed by a dance, karaoke, or equally fun activity (note: you do not have
to purchase a lunch or a dinner to attend the speaker portion of these meals).
Sunday continues with more meetings, panels and workshops and concludes with
a great closing speaker.
Click
here to look at the this year's tentative program
Click
here to hear some speakers and panels from last year's Birthday Party
Where is it and
why?
This year's Birthday Party will be held at the
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) Sheraton Gateway Hotel.
A great new hotel with upgraded rooms and amenities and with IN & OUT PARKING!
Click here to see the Hotel
Click here for a map and directions
Other reasons to come
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If you like the speakers you’ve heard on our Virtual Speakers page,
consider coming to the Birthday Party to hear and meet some of them in person.
- Have we mentioned that Southern California is not a bad place to be in late February?
- You can purchase up to three extra days on either side of the Birthday Party
-- at our special rate -- to see the city and its environs.
- The "Ocean Express" trolley bus takes people for free to the Manhattan Beach Shopping Village, as well as the Manhattan Beach pier
click here for more information*.
Things within a short trip from the Hotel:
- There are tour buses available from the Hotel to see the sights in Hollywood.
- Colorful Venice Beach is also a short trip from the Hotel, as is the Santa Monica Pier
and the city's Third Street Promenade.*
Other possible L.A. tourist sites include:
- Malibu and its beaches (and the scenic Malibu Canyon Drive) *
- The Farmer's Market opposite CBS Studio City and the adjoining Grove shopping area *
- Beverly Hills and the Rodeo Drive shopping district *
- Universal City and the Universal Studios tour and Citywalk *
Things within a longer drive (in Southern California):
- Disneyland in Anaheim *
- Palm Springs
- The Angeles Forest and Mt. Wilson (scenic drive, chains required
in winter)
* Any outside enterprise mentioned is neither endorsed nor opposed by OA or the LAIG,
nor are they affiliated with OA in any way. These listings are simply provided as a
service to inform possible attendees of possible outside diversions.
We want more details!
There are so many possible
details and pricing levels, we needed other pages to show them all.
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