Welcome to the SPARC!

Mission: Promoting a Healthy Community Through Play

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As of 5/25/23, we are CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER to pour a concrete slab, let it cure/dry, and then install a new polymer athletic flooring. Our goal is to reopen by October 1st. Have a fantastic summer, SPARC-lers!

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July 12: 2nd half of the concrete poured & July 13: concrete slotted. Flooring install scheduled for September, assuming concrete is dry enough.

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June 27: 1st half of the concrete slab is poured

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PRESS RELEASE about Murdock Grant on May 25, 2023:

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust awards the SPARC $239,340 Capital Project Grant for their new floor.

The South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center received notification on May 25, 2023, that their application for a Matching Capital Project Grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust was successful, resulting in an award totaling $239,340, which is half the expected cost of their 2023 project to pour a new concrete slab and install new athletic flooring at their non-profit indoor recreational and gathering facility in Homer, Alaska. This grant award would not have been possible without the support of local funders such as the Homer Foundation (Opportunity Fund, Cottonwood Donor Advised Fund and KLEPS Donor Advised Fund), Homer’s 100+ Women Who Care, the Sons of the American Legion, and many other individual and corporate donors who helped raise 92% of the local match needed to leverage the full M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Grant. Ongoing fundraising will make up the remaining $18,000 in matching funds. For more information about this project, contact SPARC Board Chair Malcolm Gaylord (907-399-1064 / chair@sparchomer.org)

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The SPARC’s New Floor Fundraiser

PLEASE HELP US upgrade our 11,000 square-foot indoor playfield from the temporary plastic-tiles-on-sand floor to a permanent concrete slab with 8mm Mondo Advanced polymer floor covering.

There are 3 ways to DONATE or MAKE A PLEDGE:

1) Our GoFundMe link is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/new-floor-for-sparc

2) Fill out the SPARC Contribution Pledge Form (found in the ‘Forms’ tab above) and mail to: PO Box 698, Homer

3) Come by the SPARC with cash, check or credit card

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*Please note that, effective 3/28/22, roller skating is no longer allowed in the facility (due to insurance reasons)! GOOD NEWS…we’re currently working to bring it back Fall ’23 (after replacing our floor this summer)! And…Craig, our skating guru, has moved back to Homer, and is planning to help us get roller skating up & running again! WOOHOO! *

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SCHEDULE

Because of the online scheduling software the SPARC uses, classes fall off the rolling schedule once they begin. If you suspect a class has already started, please download & check the monthly calendar below, or call the SPARC at (907) 299-5115.

Welcome to the SPARC!

Click to download: MAY 2023 SCHEDULE (rev. 5/26)