Hospice of Homer offers a free, four-week Bereavement Support Group starting Friday. The group meets noon-1:30 p.m. Fridays from Feb. 27-March 20 at the Hospice of Homer office, 910 East End Road, Suite 3.

Hospice also offers Volunteer, Visitor and Phone Friend training starting March 6 at the senior day care center at the Homer Senior Center on Svedlund Street. The 22-hour training provides tools for volunteers to help people who have become isolated due to illness or lack of mobility. Training sessions are 6-9 p.m. March 6, 10, 17 and 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7, and 1-4 p.m. March 8. For more information, call 235-6899.

The Alaskan AIDS Association presents "Get It On," an AIDS education campaign, from 3-5 p.m. Friday at the Kachemak Bay Campus. Learn how to prevent AIDS and other sexually-transfered diseases. To attend, call 235-7262.

Refuge Chapel's Armageddon Cafe is closed for renovations until Friday, reopening at 3 p.m. Call 299-3717 for more information.

The Kachemacs Macintosh User Group meets the first Thursday of the month at the Homer Public Library from 6-8 p.m. Call Diane at 235-0714 for more information.

The Ohlson Mountain rope tow hours of operation are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, conditions permitting. Call 235-7669 for updates.

The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies has a free snowshoe loan program 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, at 708 Smokey Bay Way. Call 235-6667.

The Homer Public Health Center, 195 East Bunnell Avenue, now offers appointments only for all services from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To schedule an appointment for immunizations or other public health nursing services, call 235-8857.