The Homer Foundation recently celebrated 25 years of creating community philanthropy. To commemorate this milestone the Foundation selected artist Christina Demetro to sculpt a six-foot bronze sculpture called The Giving Salmon. The Giving Salmon will be located in front of the new Boat House Pavilion. Created to be interactive, the public will be able to “feed” the Giving Salmon by making … Read More
Pick.Click. and Give Where You Live
With a new year upon us, we mark a new season of Pick.Click.Give., the charitable check off program that allows all Alaska Permanent Fund filers to give back to causes that they care most about. It is hard to find an easier way to pay it forward. Pick.Click.Give. also provides an unprecedented opportunity to raise the level of awareness throughout … Read More
2016 Homer Foundation Annual Meeting
Please Join Us! Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 West Bunnell St. Meet & Greet, Refreshments: 5:30 pm Meeting: 6:00 pm Music by Homer Youth String Orchestra Trio Annual Report, Board Appointments Investment, Grant and & YAC Reports People’s Choice Grant Awards Enter your favorite Homer nonprofit for a CHANCE TO WIN $250 People’s Choice Award For … Read More
Call for Entry
Calling all artists! The Homer Foundation is requesting proposals from artists for a larger-than-life sized bronze salmon sculpture, The Giving Salmon. The Giving Salmon will be located on the grounds of the new Boat House Pavilion, a marine-inspired covered pavilion which will stand where the former Harbor Master’s office was located on the Homer Spit. Interested artists should apply online. … Read More
Making Your Will Seminar Oct. 8th
The Homer Foundation is supporting a complimentary MAKING YOUR WILL seminar hosted by the Kachemak Bay Campus on Saturday, October 8th from 12-1:30pm. Join Homer attorney Lindsay Wolter and UAA Director of Gift Planning Harry Need for this informative session. Lunch provided. Register by calling the College at 907-235-7743.
Pay It Forward
Homer Foundation pays it forward by giving $2.5 million in 25 years Posted in the Homer News: April 28, 2016 By Shannon McBride–Morin Walking with 25 kids over to the Pratt Museum the other day in the sun, I was feeling grateful that I got to go along as a parent chaperone. Fifth-graders with spring fever were skipping ahead of me … Read More
Pick.Click.Give. For Alaska
By Nina Kemppel, CEO & President, Alaska Community Foundation This article was originally published by the Alaska Dispatch News on March 18th, 2016. The next several days are critical for hundreds of nonprofits across Alaska. Why? As we approach to the March 31st deadline to file for your Permanent Fund Dividend, we move closer to the time most Alaskans will … Read More
HF BOARD MEMBER APPOINTED TO NPFMC
Alaska Governor Cements Council Majority with Peterson and Laukitis Recommendations for NPFMC Seats SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker – March 10, 2016 Governor Walker announced his nominees for two seats on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council yesterday, putting Theresa Peterson of Kodiak and Buck Laukitis of Homer at the top of his list as “preferred nominees” with two alternates for … Read More
LOVE FIRST
Love First February, the shortest month of the year follows January, and has 95 holidays, some bizarre and others we hold dear. Ground Hog Day (in Alaska marmots are the substitute), President’s Day, Valentine’s Day when love gets honored with everything from flowers to far away trips. Super Bowl Sunday ended February 7, Mardi Gras/ Fat Tuesday the 9th, Ash … Read More
City of Homer Grants Program
HOMER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR CITY OF HOMER GRANTS PROGRAM The Homer Foundation announces that application forms for the 2016 City of Homer Grants Program are now available. The grants program is funded through an annual allocation from the City of Homer in addition to the earnings from the City of Homer Fund and the Kachemak City Fund at … Read More