Independent Living Center

Greetings, EveryBODY,

Tomorrow (Saturday) TRAILS heads north for the Soldotna Disability Pride Celebration.  Our van is full, but you can head to Soldotna Creek Park on your own for this fun and FREE celebration.  See the flyer after the calendar for more info.

Sunday’s MUD Games will be hilarious fun.  Head over to Cottonwood Horse Park for this free annual hoop-dee-doo.  And if you love gardens and gardening, check out Homer Garden Club’s annual Gardeners’ Weekend next Saturday and Sunday—including interesting talks and self-guided tours.  Information about tickets and schedules can be found at http://www.homeralaska.org/gardeners-weekend.html.  

And those are just a couple of ideas for fun things to do, check out the calendar for more right here: weekly events July 21-28.pdf

Hi everBODY!

As usual, there's plenty of fun stuff going on this week, including THIS Saturday’s garage sale at the Methodist Church.  Here's the calendar:  weekly events July 14-21.pdf

Join TRAILS for the Soldotna Disability Pride Celebration next Saturday, July 21.  It’s FREE, and the van leaves the Homer ILC parking lot at 11:00.  For more info, call ILC at 235-7911 or Devony at 299-3244. The flyer is the second page of this week's calendar.

Also, TRAILS is having a Bishop’s Beach Pizza Picnic and bonfire (well, really a nice campfire).  It’s FREE, so head over to Bishop’s Beach at noon on Friday, July 20, to enjoy food, friends, and fireside warmth. 

Lots more fun activities this week, so check out the calendar and try something NEW!

There's SO MUCH FUN STUFF TOMORROW!  

This has got to be one of the busiest Saturdays of Summer.  You can start bright and early at Wynn Nature Center on a guided bird walk, then have a munch at the Farmers Market and enjoy Kids Vending Day, next head over to Karen Hornaday Park for the Scottish Highland Games, and finally, toodle over to Islands and Ocean Visitor Center to help “Save the Vaquita.”  

Lots more fun activities all week, so check out this week’s calendar right here: weekly events July 7-14.pdf

It’s the height of summer (and the rain’s supposed to let up), so get ready to celebrate July 4th on Wednesday.  Homer’s July 4 Parade comes marching out of Homer High School parking lot at 6 pm, joined this year by folks here for next weekend’s Scottish Highland Games.  For more parade info, go to https://www.homeralaska.org/community-events.html.  And here's the TRAILS calendar with lots more of this week's activities:  weekly events June 30-July 7.pdf

The Highland Games kick off on Saturday, July 7, at 9 am at Karen Hornaday Park, but if you want to catch early preparations and get in shape, join TRAILS's own Risa Jackinsky's fun, free “Fitness with a View” class at the Hornaday Park Pavilion on Friday at 12:30.  

For more info on the Highland Games, go to www.kachemakbayscottishclub.org.

And if you're signed up for the TRAILS half-day halibut trip, don't forget that it's next Saturday, July 7.  Call Tela, 399-9854, if you need details.

Howdy EveryBODY,

This Saturday, June 23 at 11 am, you'll find ILC joining friends and family at WKFL Park for the PRIDE march to show support for inclusion of EveryBODY. And what a perfect week to register for the international compassion course at http://www.compassioncourse.org/, registration is open until June 27. 

Other highlights this week include two fun TRAILS activities: a bit of relaxing “horsetime” on Tuesday at Devony's Bay Ridge Ranch and Friday's lunch around a campfire at the Bishop's Beach Pavilion. Squeeze in all the outdoor fun you can as we near the end of June.  So here's the calendar with this week's ways to get outdoors: weekly events June 23-30.pdf

Another week with SO many ways to get out and enjoy Homer.  Here's the calendar:  weekly events June 16-23.pdf.  A special highlight of the week is the PRIDE march NEXT Saturday (June 23), described in the calendar (we all know that "inclusion" means including EveryBODY). 

Other highlights this week include the REAL Spit Run this Sunday (it's FREE, and what a great way to earn an ice cream cone) and a new TRAILS event on Wednesday: Fitness with a View—TRAILS' own Risa Jackinsky will help us stretch, align, relax, and strengthen sheltered by the Hornaday Park pavilion while enjoying spectacular views of the mountain and bay.  See you there!

Howdy EveryBODY,

Has the weather been beautiful enough this week?!  And there are so many ways to get out and enjoy Homer this time of year. Check out this week's calendar right here: weekly events June 10-16.pdf, and then, to find MORE of what's going on (including LOTS of activities for kids), check out these calendars too:

• TRAILS calendar of “One Hit Wonder” special summer activities at http://peninsulailc.org/TRAILS;

• Recreation offered through City of Homer Parks and Recreation: https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/recreation/recreational-classes;

• Fun-filled outdoor activities offered by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies: https://www.akcoastalstudies.org/events/calendar.html

• Educational activities offered by Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center: http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=islandsandocean&

Happy June, EveryBODY!

It's gonna be a fun week (and TRAILS is off to Alaska Horsemen's Adventures today till Sunday!).  Here's this week's calendar: weekly events June 2-9.pdf

There are some fascinating outdoor walks this week being led by exceptionally knowledgeable and interesting guides—check out Sunday and Thursday!  (If you need transportation to this Thriving Thursday, that might be possible--let me know!)  

And check out TRAILS calendar of “One Hit Wonder” special summer activities at http://peninsulailc.org/TRAILS; also check out recreation offered through City of Homer Parks and Recreation at https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/recreation/recreational-classes.

Now head outside and ENJOY this beautiful place!

Howdy Everybody,

I hope you're having a happy, thoughtful, sweet Memorial Day with friends and family!  (I've spent the weekend helping settle in a new housemate and her HORSE.  That makes 5 ponies for TRAILS to visit up here at Bay Ridge Ranch.)

No highlighted activities this Memorial Day weekend except last Saturday's Farmers Market, but things start hopping again tomorrow--Tuesday--with Libraries ROCK.  And this calendar takes us into June!  Here's the calendar: weekly events May 27-June 2.pdf  

It sure has started to feel like summer. That means TRAILS will be saddlin' up and ridin' off into the Cooper Landing sunset for our annual Alaska Horsemen's Adventures weekend. It's one of our favorite One Hit Wonders, check out others at: http://peninsulailc.org/TRAILS. 

For other fun things to do this week, how about celebrating “Libraries Rock” or the Farmers Market on Wednesday and Saturday (including Kids doing the sales next Saturday) or a big garage sale at Faith Lutheran Church. And of course, June's first Friday means it's time for a lovely stroll through Homer's art galleries from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday. And don't forget, you can always check out recreation offered through City of Homer Parks and Recreation at this link https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/recreation/recreational-classes.

The Seward TRAILS program is busy in June!  please come and join us.

June Event Descriptions 2018.pdf

SEWARD OHW 2018.pdf