Events in May 2019
- - Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking Challenge Begins!
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Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking Challenge Begins!Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking Challenge
Welcome! This is a free community walking challenge open to anyone in the local area. You can enroll in your already-registered team (registration is free - contact us today!) or as an "Individual Stepper" (please join that team if you're not already on another team!) at homerstepsup2019.challengerunner.com anytime! Call us at (907) 235-0970 or email wellness@sphosp.org with any questions!
You can also find out more and stay up-to-date with us on Facebook at @homerstepsup2019
Challenge Details:
The challenge will run for 4 weeks, from May 1 – 28. Teams must register by April 30th, but individuals can join at any time!
Teams: This year, teams of 25 or more will be competing for the Homer Steps Up trophy, and teams of 5-24 will compete for the new Homer Steps Up Small Team Trophy. This allows comparable teams to compete equitably. We also have an Individual Steppers team that, while not eligible for a trophy, will allow anyone who isn’t on a team competing for a trophy to still participate! There is an individual leaderboard in addition to the team leaderboard. The individual leaderboard shows every single participant on any team ranked by steps. The team leaderboard shows each teams cumulative average steps.
If you are interested in joining one of the teams competing for a trophy, message the challenge administrators and with the team’s invitation we can move you from Individual Steppers to another team. Once on a team competing for a trophy, individual participants can only be removed by challenge administrators.
Teams are required to register by April 30th but individuals can join at any time. Registered teams can add members at any time, but the team steps are a cumulative average and adding members later in the challenge will affect the team score.
How to enter my steps: Many popular wearable activity trackers can be paired with Challenge Runner to automatically upload your steps each day. You can also enter your steps manually for each day on your Challenge dashboard, or on the Challenge Runner app. Steps are a daily count but you may enter them at any time during the challenge. You can use a traditional pedometer to count your steps and enter them manually, or your smartphone. There is a maximum allowable amount of recorded steps each day (40,000 steps, which is about 20 miles - yikes!), however, so please enter your steps for each day and do not try to add them all on one day! We can provide paper walking logs for you to record your steps each day so that you can enter them all correctly once a week or whenever is convenient for you. We will be drawing 3 winners from 3 different weekly step total categories on each Monday of the challenge – so make sure to enter your steps for the week before by Sunday night at the latest!
Prizes: In addition to the team trophies, and the weekly prizes, everyone who achieves 300,000 total steps will be eligible to win one of THREE $300 Grand Prizes. Everyone who achieves 250,000 – 299,999 steps will be eligible to win one of three $200 Prizes, and everyone who achieves 200,00 - 249,999 steps will be eligible to win one of three $100 prizes!
Tracker Info: In order to receive data from tracking devices, install the appropriate software and create an account on the activity tracker's website. Every participant must then authorize ChallengeRunner.com to capture individual data as follows:
After logging in, the participant must click the Profile link at the top of the home page and then click the Authorize link. On the tracker website, enter the ID and Password you created when you first registered the device.
Once the device is authorized, the user must ensure that they connect their device to the activity tracker's website at least once per day to sync data.
- - Walk with a Doc! Exercise for healthy bones and balance with Dharti Patel, PA-C
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Walk with a Doc! Exercise for healthy bones and balance with Dharti Patel, PA-CJoin SPH Orthopedic Physician Assistant Dharti Patel, PA-C at SPARC (600 Sterling Hwy next to Homer Middle School) for our next “Walk with a Doc”! All are welcome Saturday, May 4th from 9:00 am-10:00 am for Dharti's brief talk on exercise for healthy bones and balance 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: May 18th (TBA Topic and Leader)
Email wellness@sphosp.org, or call the SPH Health & Wellness Department at (907) 235-0970 with questions or for more information!
- - 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.
- - Walk with a Doc (last WWAD until September 7th!) - Dr. Hal Smith
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Walk with a Doc (last WWAD until September 7th!) - Dr. Hal SmithJoin us for our last “Walk with a Doc” before our 2019 Summer hiatus! All are welcome Saturday, May 18th from 9:00 am-10:00 am to hear from Hal Smith, MD who recently retired after nearly 40 years of emergency medicine practice! 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.
Walk with a Doc Homer returns: September 7th, 9AM at SPARC!
Email wellness@sphosp.org, or call the SPH Health & Wellness Department at (907) 235-0970 with questions or for more information!
- - Last Day of Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking Challenge
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Last Day of Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking ChallengeHomer Steps Up! 2019 ends on Tuesday, May 28th. Participants can still enter their steps for 24 more hours, and winners will be announced at the End-of-Challenge Party on Saturday, June 1st at the Homer Farmers Market from 2:00 - 3:00 PM.
- - South Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors MeetingSouth Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors MeetingSouth Peninsula Hospital Conference Rooms 1 & 24300 Bartlett StreetHomer,
Monthly Board meetings are generally 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.
