The South Peninsula Hospital spring Safe and Healthy Kids Fair returns to Homer for the 31st year. The event takes place outside of the Homer High School from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be at least 25 booths and other free entertainment for kids, according to Annie Garay, coordinator of the event.
Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was awarded a $10,000 grant from First National Bank Alaska to support KBFPC’s recent emergency capital project — repairing one of the two buildings on the KBFPC campus on Ben Walters Lane in Homer.
ARC divided the lifespan into four stages the early childhood years, school-age children, early to middle adulthood, and the elder years. Subject matter experts in each of these lifespans were interviewed about the key issues in their portion of the lifespan. In addition to the common developmental milestones, they were also asked what people can do to improve relationship skills.
Some of the common themes that surfaced in the interviews were understanding child and adult development, acquiring emotional and social intelligence, empathy development, listening actively to others, honoring life stories, and communicating in ways that are honest and respectful.
Each video in the series is 20-30 minutes long. They are intended for use in both private and public settings. ARC hopes that people who can initiate public conversations in schools, faith communities, civic groups and businesses will sponsor gatherings around this video series. A one hour timeframe is adequate to introduce a