The Al‑Anon Service Center of Tidewater, a local non‑profit service organization, is an Al‑Anon information service and literature distribution center.

The Al‑Anon Service Center of Tidewater provides the following services:

• Provides literature to Al‑Anon groups in Hampton Roads and the Peninsula
• Maintains a listing in the local telephone directory, providing a telephone number for those seeking information about Al‑Anon and Alateen.
• Receives mail and phone inquiries and forwards them to the appropriate group for response or follow‑up.
• In cooperation with the Area Group Records Coordinator, updates, publishes, and distributes lists of group meetings for WSO purposes.
• Plans and conducts program‑exchange meetings where the groups’ Chairpersons or Program Chairpersons exchange teams of speakers for a scheduled period.
• Serves as an avenue for local Public Outreach [Public Information (PI), Cooperating with the Professional Community (CPC), and Institutions] work, which is channeled through the districts whenever possible.
• Maintains a stock of Conference Approved Literature (CAL), and is registered with the WSO as a Literature Distribution Center (LDC) for CAL.
• Holds periodic meetings attended by all the Information Service Representatives where activity reports, including a financial update, are made and matters regarding the groups are discussed.
• Distributes its own list of local Al‑Anon/Alateen activities for the groups that support it.