South Peninsula Hospital, Inc. is non-profit organization governed by a board of directors made up of residents of the southern Kenai Peninsula hospital service area. The Board welcomes and encourages community input for the direction of your hospital, and invites you to contact them via email or attend a Board of Directors meeting either in person or on Zoom.
Monthly Board meetings are generally held on the last Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm. There is usually one combined meeting for November/December. Check the events calendar for the updated schedule. The public is welcome to attend the meetings virtually via Zoom, or in-person in the hospital conference rooms, located just inside Entrance B, at the top of Bartlett Street. Meeting agendas, minutes and packets can be found in the resources section on this page. Agendas are posted on Friday, the week before the meeting. Packets are generally posted to the website on the Monday prior to the Board meetings.
Board members are appointed to three-year terms upon submitting an application, completing an interview process with the board’s Governance Committee, then by adoption by the board. Being a hospital board member is a serious responsibility with unexpected rewards. The opportunity to work with fellow community members to make important decisions for the future care of our families and neighbors is a challenge worth the time and energy required. Many different factors contribute to an ideal board member, from range of experience to one’s commitment to the hospital’s mission of providing personalized, high quality, locally coordinated healthcare. The application process is open year-round. If you are interested in applying, please review the materials in the resources section or contact us at sphbod@sphosp.org.
The 50th annual Annual Homer Spit Run, which consists of the 10k to the Bay, Cosmic Hamlet Half
Marathon, and the 1 Mile Youth (Kids and Family) Run, will be held on Saturday, June 27th.
Registration is open online for both timed races at KachemakBayRunningClub.org, and these races
benefit local youth running programs.
South Peninsula Hospital is expanding access to same-day care with the opening of a walk-in Urgent Care clinic on June 1. Located at 4201 Bartlett Street, in the same building as the Family Care Clinic, Urgent Care will be open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. No appointments are necessary, and patients will have access to on-site labs and X-rays. Urgent Care will be staffed by Carrie Warren, FNP-C, who is moving from the Family Care team, and Kara Zimmerman, PA-C, who recently moved to Homer.
Thank you to the many community members who attended our free educational presentation, “End of Life Decision Making,” this spring! This event was originally scheduled for Fall 2025, and we appreciate everyone’s flexibility with the rescheduling. We were honored to have Homer Medical Center’s Dr. Giulia Tortora, local estate planning attorney Lindsay Wolter, and Hospice of Homer death doula Morgan Laffert lead this important conversation. Together, they covered key aspects of end-of-life planning, including living wills, medical power of attorney, legal and medical decision-making, and emotional considerations.
Registration for the 10th annual Homer Steps Up community walking challenge (May 4 -31) opens April 15 on HomerStepsUp.com. Coordinated by South Peninsula Hospital, with support from numerous partnering agencies, the yearly challenge is designed to motivate the community to engage in more movement to help improve overall health as well as provide a fun, interactive community event as Homer transitions into summer.
South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors appointed two new members to the board and elected new officers at their December, 2025 board meeting. Jim Anderson and Ken Ciccoli, both of Homer, are newly appointed to three-year terms.
