Click here to make your donation: Sponsor A Flag October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer impacts all of us – our families, our friends, our coworkers, and ourselves. One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In our state, an estimated 580 Alaskan women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2026 alone. And here…
Run, walk, skate, and roll with us! Join Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic on Saturday, May 30 for an untimed Fun Run event supporting breast cancer screening, treatment, and research in Alaska. KBFPC is proud to sponsor a virtual team in Homer for the annual Alaska Run For Women, which raises funds for and awareness…
Every October, we like to share specific information about breast cancer to raise awareness and help empower your health decisions. Follow along this month to stay in the know! Click here to learn about KBFPC’s Pink Flag campaign in October. Fact: Most people who develop breast cancer don’t have any breast cancer in their family. …
Click here to make your donation: Sponsor A Flag October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer impacts all of us – our families, our friends, our coworkers, and ourselves. One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Here in Alaska, an estimated 550 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025 alone (according to the American…
Are you due for your annual screening mammogram? The Providence Mobile Mammogram truck is coming to Homer in September! Appointments available at the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic on Thursday and Friday September 4th and 5th. To plan your appointment: Identify your provider/where you’d like your results sent. Call Providence at 907-212-3151 to schedule (and…
Run, walk, skate, and roll with us! Join Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic on Saturday, May 31 at 10:30am for an untimed Fun Run event supporting breast cancer screening, treatment, and research in Alaska. KBFPC is proud to sponsor a virtual team in Homer for the annual Alaska Run For Women, which raises funds for…
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…
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…
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…