FROM KBFPC’S SPECIAL EDITION COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2024 Friends, With the first significant snowfall across Southcentral Alaska comes the wrap up of October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The beautiful pink flags flying across the region will soon be put to rest, but thanks to support from the many 2024 pink flag sponsors and…
POSTPONED: Check back soon for more information! KBFPC’s Teen Health Education Team are once again offering foundational, age-appropriate sexual & reproductive health knowledge outside of the school day. This FREE workshop series uses KBFPC’s peer-to-peer education model and is available to all middle and high-school aged students, homeschool or in-school. Participants will be provided with food…
I Screen. You Screen. We all Screen for Breast Cancer! Everyone knows someone who needs a mammogram. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and KBFPC wants to help more people access life-saving prevention, screening, and early detection services. (If you’d like to get involved and support our efforts, click here to sponsor a Pink Flag for…
Seeding Change Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is proud to present this annual report of our 2023-24 fiscal year and a season of change, growth, and expanded reproductive health services for the Kenai Peninsula. See how your support impacts our work in the community! (For a copy of our FY2024 Report, please contact [email protected].) If…
KBFPC is in your area! Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic provides essential sexual & reproductive healthcare twice per month in the Central Peninsula’s Kenai/Soldotna area. Along with comprehensive services in our Homer flagship clinic, and telehealth options available for anyone in the area, KBFPC providers regularly travel to see clients in Kenai at the Kenai…
August is HPV Vaccination Month in Alaska, and KBFPC is doing our part by sharing information about how to get the vaccine! Recommended for all young people, starting at age 9, this safe and effective vaccine helps prevent six types of cancer. Know the facts about the benefits of early vaccination and contact your healthcare…
FROM KBFPC’S JULY 2024 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER “Thanks for helping make the community safer and more informed on health.” – KBFPC Client Friends, You’re busy with July activities, I know, but please take a moment with me to think about literacy. Yes, literacy is the ability to read and write, but also to navigate and use…
Are you due for your annual mammogram? The Providence Mobile Mammogram truck is coming to the Kachemak Community Center on Friday, September 6! To plan your appointment: Identify your provider/where you’d like your results sent. Call Providence at 907-212-3151 to schedule (and ask about financial assistance.) Come to Kachemak Community Center on 9/6/24 at your…
Saturday, June 29 9 AM – 2 PM at KBFPC, 3959 Ben Walters Lane in Homer KBFPC’s Board of Directors is hosting our 3rd Annual Community Yard Sale on June 29! All proceeds will benefit our reproductive healthcare and sexual health education services on the Kenai Peninsula. There will be tons of household items, craft…
FROM KBFPC’S MAY 2024 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Friends, I love this time of year. The days are getting longer, there is so much hustle and bustle in preparation for the summer season, and the air smells of possibility. That’s what the new growth on plants and trees reminds me of anyways. This month has meant a…