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…
Happy New Year from KBFPC! However you choose to party, everyone deserves to feel safe and healthy in their body and relationships and enjoy celebrations. Here are some helpful tips to protect yourself and others, at any time of year! Safer sex: The most important part of any sexual activity is consent! All partners should…
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…
KBFPC is currently seeking applicants to join our dynamic and dedicated team in a unique Clinic role. Are you passionate about client-centered, reproductive health care? Do you want to have a positive impact in our community by providing high-quality sexual health care services and education? Do KBFPC’s core values speak to you? EMPOWERING (respectful) ACCESSIBLE &…
Meeting Your Healthcare Goals Menopause, officially defined as 12 months without a menstrual cycle or period bleeding–without any other obvious cause (like certain kinds of contraception), may happen at different ages for everyone with a uterus. Sometimes it can be caused by illness or surgery, including some cancer treatments or oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries),…
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…
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…
The experience of getting an IUD is different for every body, and is sometimes different from one time to the next. What is it? An IUD (intrauterine device) is a very popular, long-acting, and reversible method of contraception with a small “T” of plastic placed in the uterus to prevent pregnancy for up to 3-12…