The following is an article in the Pay It Forward column published in the Homer News. This column is sponsored by the Homer Foundation, a community foundation promoting local philanthropy since 1991. To learn more please visit us @ www.homerfoundation.org and like us on Facebook. Watching the news and listening to stories of the aftermath of massive tornadoes that hit Kentucky and other … Read More
Grateful for the hidden “good.”
The following is an article in the Pay It Forward column published in the Homer News. This column is sponsored by the Homer Foundation, a community foundation promoting local philanthropy since 1991. To learn more please visit us @ www.homerfoundation.org and like us on Facebook. Gratitude: Noun The state of being grateful; thankfulness. The state or quality of being grateful or thankful; a … Read More
Talking to COVID
The following is an article in the Pay It Forward column published in the Homer News. This column is sponsored by the Homer Foundation, a community foundation promoting local philanthropy since 1991. To learn more please visit us @ www.homerfoundation.org and like us on Facebook. In the movie, “Out of Africa,” a phrase stays with me. Meryl Streep, the main actress, bends down … Read More
A Year for Celebration!
This month the Homer Foundation has turned 30 years old. For those of uswho remember the 60s, yeah, well, we’ve learned the truth. You actuallycan trust those over 30.Recently, I took on a project to collect some of the best pictures of theFoundation’s last 30 years. As I sorted through hundreds of photos, Ibecame seriously overwhelmed – in a good … Read More
Building a village around Kachemak City Playground
My young son has recently discovered parks. If there is a slide, we are on it, a swing, get out of the way, toddler coming through! As we clamber over molded plastic and painted metal there is little time to think about anything but the fun he is having and all the potential for emergency room visits. However, parks are … Read More
Doing Well by Doing Good: Philanthropy as a Business Model
Growing up in Anchor Point as a precocious and involved youngster, I was often the recipient of local support. Whether it was the local businesses sponsoring my run for Rodeo Queen or receiving the Elks and Realtor Scholarships as a Senior in High School, community backing was ever present. My involvement in the Equine and Agricultural Industry over the next two … Read More
Pay it Forward: Lean In
This is our most recent article of the Pay It Forward column published monthly by the Homer News. Recently, health educators from the REC Room joined my remote 7th grade health class to teach sexual health and substance misuse prevention. Suddenly, I found myself on the other side of Zoom, no longer the teacher trying to perform miracles through the … Read More
Pay It Forward: Pandemic Thoughts
Last summer, while standing on the boardwalk on the Spit, an acquaintance walked by. Without a word, she handed me something flat and plastic. I stood for a minute watching her back as she continued on her way. I held the small object in my hand and read, “Hug Raincheck, (good for as many you need. No expiration date).” Emotions … Read More
Pay It Forward: Protecting our connection to nature
As I sit back and think about acts of kindness bestowed upon me throughout my life, I am so humbled. People are good. People care. People will be there for you in times of struggle. We are in challenging times right now. I frequently don’t recognize faces behind the masks. I can’t stop in to visit and hug an old … Read More
Pay it Forward: Communities take care of each other
As your community hospital, we have been taking extreme measures to protect the health and wellbeing of our patients and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and to expand our capacity to care for those in need. We would not be able to do this without the amazing show of support that we have received from the community. Since the pandemic … Read More