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Thanks WanChai,

I live in a fairly decent sized city and my group rarely collects over $6 per meeting. I must add that my group is one of the smallest in my area, and I like it like that. The major drawback to smaller groups, IMO, is that the few who are active in serving have to wear so many hats. On any given Sunday I will be greeter, coffee maker, GSR and treasurer. Although my "official" service position is the treasurer, I fill in where ever I'm needed. My group doesn't have a bank account either...it really isn't required because we rarely collect more that our expenses and our prudent reserve is never more than one month's rent.

The only time my group collects a larger than normal amount of donations is when we have a member celebrating an anniversary. Anniversaries tend to be a big draw in my area and more people show up than usual. Since we're so small and hardly receive much in donations, our members pitch in a little extra when needed. But we always forward any overages to our Area.