YAC is Back!

Hey there! Did you see the exciting news from the Homer Foundation: the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) Grant program is now live and accepting applications through November 30th, 2022? This program is accepting applications from organizations that provide programs or services to youth of the southern Kenai Peninsula.  This year, the committee is looking to support projects or programs that … Read More

November Newsletter: Many days to remember

Update from the Executive Director Happy November! We have much to celebrate and be thankful for. I could talk about being thankful for family and friends. Good health. For living in such an amazing place and for having a job that helps so many. All true and good reasons be be grateful, but right now, I’m thinking about you. You, … Read More

October 2022 Newsletter: Visiting Seldovia

Update from the Executive Director I was privileged to be able to visit the Seldovia community this month. I met with city administration leaders and Seldovia Village Tribe leadership, and we discussed community needs and local plans and efforts to improve the lives of their neighbors.  Thank you all for making me feel welcome! Seldovia faces issues similar to each … Read More

Pay It Forward: Thank You, Anonymous

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. When I moved to Homer as a young adult, my new neighbor, Walter Johnson, asked me a memorable … Read More

Homer Nonprofits Provide Essential Services not provided by Municipalities

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. I moved to Homer from Arizona eleven years ago. I was just out of college and living on … Read More

Homer Trails Alliance – Connecting Community Through Trails

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. As we have all witnessed these past few years, our little hamlet by the sea is experiencing some … Read More

A trail built by and for a community

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. Our floatplane motored past peaks protruding through pillows of cloud. I was sure we’d get turned back to … Read More

Storyknife provides more than writing retreat

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. There’s a reason artists, writers, and musicians joke that their parents wanted them to be doctors. Or lawyers. … Read More

Reflections on the Russia I Know

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. By Ken Taylor A quote from a ten-year-old boy I heard on the radio some time ago remains … Read More

Home is Where the Heart Is

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. Recently, I noticed a few friends joyfully posted on the anniversary of their arrival in Homer. And just … Read More