Safe & Healthy Kids Fair May 4

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The 31st Annual Safe and Healthy Kids Fair will be Saturday, May 4th from 11am-2pm at the Homer High School. This is a free, family friendly event for children of all ages to focus on safety, health, wellness, and fun! It offers more than 25 booths and stations with hands on activities and demonstrations. All attendees are invited to enter their names into a drawing for a brand new bike – multiple sizes for differing age ranges will be available to win! 

Kids can bring their bikes and helmets for a free bike inspection and enjoy the bike rodeo. Helmets are required, and are available for purchase on site at a discounted rate.

Other attractions include visits from Beary the Be Well Bear, the ever popular teddy bear clinic, stilt walkers, BOB the bookmobile, giveaways, a fire truck and ambulance, free car seat checks, free lunch, resources from community agencies, and more! Costumes are encouraged!

The Safe and Healthy Kids Fair is organized by a committee representing local organizations whose missions include facilitating healthy outcomes and injury prevention for youth.

For more information or to get involved, email safeandhealthykidsfair@gmail.com, visit the safeandhealthykidsfair facebook page or call the south peninsula hospital’s community health and wellness nurse at 907-235-0285.

And remember, “Be safe, have fun, do good, and pass it on!”

Chaos Compass: Mindfulness for Teens

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Join Homer Medical Center’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Devry Garity, for this 6-week mindfulness course.  Open to teens ages 14-18. FREE.

Email wellness@sphosp.org if interested. 

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays in March

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Join us for March’s line up of Wellness Wednesday talks and yoga! March is “Meet Your Neighbor Month” Bring a friend… or come alone and meet someone new!

  • March 6 – Blue Zones: Secrets to a Long Life with Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-BC, FAIHM, NTC
  • March 13 – Contemplative Practices Across Traditions with Reverend Lisa Talbott
  • March 20 – When Love Met Resilience with Kate Henry
  • March 27 – Wellness & Community with Jill Burnham

Community Pathways Survey

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Seeking caregivers, families, or professionals who have or work with kids ages 7-17, or young adults ages 18-24 to take a survey to help understand the impacts of COVID-19 and identify ways that our kids need support.

You get $5 for your time with a chance to win $500!
Survey Deadline, February 28.

Take survey here: https://agnewbeck.com/kpbsurvey

FREE Covid Tests at www.covid.gov

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Did you know it’s easy to get free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests through the mail? Take advantage of this program that entitles every U.S. household to receive four free COVID-⁠19 rapid tests delivered directly to your home. After you’ve tested, report your result – whether it’s positive or negative! Report at-home test results to public health agencies at 
Order Free At-Home Tests

Wellness Wednesday: From Conflict to Connection with Donna Duncan, LCSW

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Join us for an evening with Donna Duncan, LCSW and Clinical Director at South Peninsula Behavioral Healthy Services. She will discuss strategies for transforming conflict to connection. A great skill to have in any relationship.
Yoga this month is led by Joolee Aurand. Joolee has taught Restorative, Acro, AcroFit, Sampoorna, Vinyasa and Five Elements yoga classes from Antarctica to Puerto Rico to Alaska and Pennsylvania.
The focus for this evening’s acro yoga is “Therapeutic Flying.” It’s accessible to all, and a lovely way to commune with others.
We’ll also have hot soup and delicious bread! This is a FREE event; everyone is welcome! Come for a part or stay for all!

Wellness Wednesdays

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Join South Peninsula Hospital’s Health and Wellness for the first Wellness Wednesday of 2024 on January 3rd from 5:00-7:00pm at Kachemak Bay Campus, Homer.

In this workshop, Angie McDermott Schreier will share the power of the breath and how it can be used to improve your mental and physical health. Through a series of guided breathing exercises and meditation techniques, you’ll learn how to tap into the healing power of your breath and use it to reduce stress and anxiety, improve your focus and clarity, and promote feelings of relaxation and calm.

Then, we’ll flow into a gentle, Hatha-based yoga class led by Britt Huffman. This class focuses on traditional postures while incorporating mindful movements at a slower pace. Using our breath to complement each alignment-based posture will help bring awareness to where we are in each moment. Some poses may be held longer to help ease the nervous system while providing deep stretch. This class is great for all humans of all ages, those new to yoga and seasoned yogis looking to enrich their practice.

Britt is certified in Hatha yoga, Meditation, Yoga for the Special Child and is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor. You will find that her classes will blend together what she has learned into a unique experience. When she is not in yogi mode, Britt enjoys snowboarding, hiking, live music, dancing, gardening and will be welcoming her first child this spring!

We’ll also have hot soup and delicious bread! This is a FREE event, everyone is welcome! Come for a part or stay for all!

Breast Health Education – October 24th Panel Discussion Recording and Slides

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We hope you enjoy this recording of the October 24th Breast Health Education panel discussion at Kachemak Bay Campus, sponsored by South Peninsula Hospital in cooperation with Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic. Panelists include Dr. Robin Holmes from KBFPC, SPH Radiologist Dr. Edson Knapp, Dr. Sherry Johnson from Far North Surgery, and breast cancer survivor Kim Donich. Topics include screening guidelines, personalized care ,mammogram myths, abnormal result navigation, surgical options, and more.

View presentation slides here.

 

Down with Downey Continues

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“Down with Downey: Live at 5” is a health, wellness, and functional medicine lecture series that will continue into winter!

Join Dr. Downey on Facebook Live every 2nd Thursday for valuable insights on living a healthier and more fulfilling life. Stick around for the Q&A to get your questions answered! Upcoming dates and topics: November 9 – Covid and Long Covid; December 14 – Thyroid problems; January.

No Facebook? Live watch party at Kachemak Bay Campus- KPC, Pioneer Hall. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m.

If you missed a talk, don’t worry! Go to https://vimeo.com/sphosp to watch previously recorded lectures.