Events in March 2019
- - Walk with a Doc: Colon Health - Cancer Prevention and Healthy Choices
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Walk with a Doc: Colon Health - Cancer Prevention and Healthy Choices
Join South Peninsula Hospital General Surgeon Greg Hough, MD at SPARC (600 Sterling Hwy next to Homer Middle School) for our next “Walk with a Doc”! All are welcome Saturday, March 2nd from 9:00 am-10:00 am for Dr. Hough's brief talk on colon health and spend the rest of the hour walking at your own pace, chatting & asking any questions. This is a free event, open to all ages and abilities! There is parking up at the SPARC and down below in the Homer Middle School Parking lot. Find out more on Facebook or our page on the Walk with a Doc National website!Walk with a Doc is a nationwide walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. What better way to start your weekend than on your feet making strides to help your heart and improving your general health to live longer! While you walk at your own pace, you’ll have the opportunity to have questions answered by local physicians.
There will be free blood pressure screenings, prizes, and refreshments!
Please bring clean indoor walking shoes.
Upcoming walk: March 16 - Breast cancer screening and prevention with KBFPC Provider Hayley Walters, CNM
Email wellness@sphosp.org, or call the SPH Health & Wellness Department at (907) 235-0970 with questions or for more information!
- - Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health Conditions
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Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health ConditionsLiving Well Alaska workshops are for adults with all kinds of ongoing health conditions and their family or caregivers. For six weeks, this group will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:30pm at Homer Medical Center. Registration is required - please contact (907) 235-0285 for more information and to register. The cost is $10 for the entire series, call today!
- - Safe Sitter 1-Day Essentials with CPR
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Safe Sitter 1-Day Essentials with CPR
As a registered Safe Sitter Teaching Site, South Peninsula Hospital offers the 1-day Essentials with CPR Certification for students in grade 6-8 several times throughout the school year and summer. The next scheduled course is Friday, March 8th from 9:00am - 4:30pm. Students will learn safety skills, child care skills including behavior management, first aid skills, choking rescue and CPR for infants and children, as well as important life & business skills.Registration is required by March 6th, 2019. The course fee is $50.00, and scholarships are available upon request! To register, please contact South Peninsula Hospital Health & Wellness at (907) 235-0970 or email us at wellness@sphosp.org.
- - Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health Conditions
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Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health ConditionsLiving Well Alaska workshops are for adults with all kinds of ongoing health conditions and their family or caregivers. For six weeks, this group will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:30pm at Homer Medical Center. Registration is required - please contact (907) 235-0285 for more information and to register. The cost is $10 for the entire series, call today!
- - Walk with a Doc! Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention with Hayley Walters, CNM - KBFPC Midwife
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Walk with a Doc! Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention with Hayley Walters, CNM - KBFPC MidwifeJoin Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic Midwife Hayley Walters, CNM at SPARC (600 Sterling Hwy next to Homer Middle School) for our next “Walk with a Doc”! All are welcome Saturday, March 16th from 9:00 am-10:00 am for Hayley's brief talk on breast cancer screening & prevention and spend the rest of the hour walking at your own pace, chatting & asking any questions. This is a free event, open to all ages and abilities! There is parking up at the SPARC and down below in the Homer Middle School Parking lot. Find out more on Facebook or our page on the Walk with a Doc National website!
Walk with a Doc is a nationwide walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. What better way to start your weekend than on your feet making strides to help your heart and improving your general health to live longer! While you walk at your own pace, you’ll have the opportunity to have questions answered by local physicians.
There will be free blood pressure screenings, prizes, and refreshments!
Please bring clean indoor walking shoes.
Upcoming walk: April 6th - How's your gait? - Healthy walking and running posture with Homer Medical Center Provider Rebecca Plymire, PA-C
Email wellness@sphosp.org, or call the SPH Health & Wellness Department at (907) 235-0970 with questions or for more information!
- - Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health Conditions
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Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health ConditionsLiving Well Alaska workshops are for adults with all kinds of ongoing health conditions and their family or caregivers. For six weeks, this group will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:30pm at Homer Medical Center. Registration is required - please contact (907) 235-0285 for more information and to register. The cost is $10 for the entire series, call today!
- - American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes
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American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid ClassesSouth Peninsula Hospital offers American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes to the public regularly - please contact the Education Department at (907) 235-0258 for more information and to register. Click here for more information.
- - Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health Conditions
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Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshop for Adults with Ongoing Health ConditionsLiving Well Alaska workshops are for adults with all kinds of ongoing health conditions and their family or caregivers. For six weeks, this group will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:30pm at Homer Medical Center. Registration is required - please contact (907) 235-0285 for more information and to register. The cost is $10 for the entire series, call today!
South Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors MeetingSouth Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors MeetingMonthly Board meetings are held every fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the hospital’s conference room. The public is welcome.
South Peninsula Hospital, Inc. is non-profit organization governed by a nine-member board of directors which ensures the hospital is fiscally sound while maintaining the quality of care and types of services desired by the residents in the Southern Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area.
The board is an all-volunteer board, with members appointed to three-year terms upon completing an interview process by the board’s Membership Committee.
The Board welcomes and encourages community input for the direction of your hospital. Please plan to attend a meeting (public comments are welcomed at the beginning and end of the meeting), or email a message to them at sphbod@sphosp.org.
