Homer Senior Center

Close parking for the parade 😉 Come check out the goodies (10-3) + grab some lunch in the cafe (from 12-1:30) - lots to explore and more will be out as space clears up!

Caregiver Support Program Meeting at Homer Senior Center

Caregiving can be meaningful, exhausting, confusing, and isolating, but you are not alone.

Join the Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program for a caregiver support meeting at Homer Senior Center:

Wednesday, July 22
2:00–3:00 PM
Homer Senior Center

This program is for family members, friends, neighbors, and community members who help care for a senior age 60+. If you check in on someone, pick up medications, take them shopping, help with meals, bathing, dressing, transportation, or other daily needs, you are a caregiver.

Free support and resources are available to help caregivers and seniors improve quality of life through guidance, advocacy, and connection.

Questions?
Call 907-776-7654
Email [email protected]

Please share with anyone caring for an older adult in our community.

Join us for lunch at the Homer Senior Center in our Silver Lining Café, open to the community Monday through Friday.

Dine-in: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Stay and visit until 2:00 p.m.
Take-out available.

Dine-in lunch includes soup, salad, entrée, dessert, and beverage.
Take-out includes salad and entrée.

Suggested contributions/donations:
Adults 60 and over: $7
Community guests under 60: $12-$15

Our congregate (community) meal program operates on a voluntary contribution model.

Contributions are voluntary. There is no obligation to contribute.

No eligible older adult is denied a meal because they are unable or unwilling to contribute.

Your donation helps sustain and expand community meals at Homer Senior Center.

Gifts above the suggested amount help cover another neighbor’s lunch.

For groups of 5 or more, please call 907-235-7655 for reservations.

Thank you!

ALMOST $7 BILLION | That's how much older Alaskans contributed to the state economy in 2023.

In 2025, the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) estimated 2023 cash flow from Alaskan retirees ages 60+ at approximately $6.7 billion. This exceeded the amount that came in from other key sectors, such as tourism spending ($4.4 billion in 2023), mineral production ($4 billion in 2024), and the average annual seafood harvest ($1.8 billion in 2022–2023).

This reflects substantial growth since a 2006 ISER report, which estimated that retirees ages 60+ contributed about $1.5 billion to Alaska’s economy based on 2004 data:https://iseralaska.org/static/legacy_publication_links/researchsumm/UA7.pdf

Together, these findings underscore the increasing economic importance of Alaska’s older population as retirement income continues to circulate through local and regional economies.

The image is from ACoA’s 2025 Senior Snapshot:https://health.alaska.gov/media/saslo2ig/2025_acoa-snapshot.pdf