This year’s version of KitsaParty, the area’s biggest fund-raiser, will benefit seven organizations. Kitsap Mall and Kitsap Bank are co-sponsors of the event, which is scheduled for Saturday’ October 14.

Selected to receive a share of the revenue from KitsaParty are:
• The West Sound Chapter of the American Red Cross — to purchase a low mileage van. to transport people and equipment to events, classes and other various functions.
• Bremerton Foodline — to purchase a stainless steel sink (compartmentalized to health department food handling requirements), warehouse shelving (to allow food storage in bulk quantities), a dishwasher, trash compactor, bulk food repackaging workstations, shelving for bakery products, and stainless steel work tables (commercial food preparation grade).
• CSTOCK — to purchase a stereo amplifier, auditorium speakers, stage monitor speakers, UHF wireless body pack transmitters with microphones, UHF dual channel receivers, hanging microphones, mixer board (16 channel), parametric equalizer, adapters, cables and connectors.
• Christmas in April — to purchase services and materials they cannot have donated, such as more costly materials and services, roofing and flooring, electrical wiring and the renting of heavy equipment.
• Hospice of Kitsap County — to purchase 3-network compatible PCs with Intel processors , 266 MHz minimum and four computer monitors.
• Kitsap Community Resources — to purchase furnishings for its emergency housing units. Items include 10 single beds, four double beds and 12 dressers.
• Kitsap Sexual Assault Center — to purchase a copy machine and a Lucent Partner ACS phone system.

Over the last 15 years, KitsaParty has raised over $920,000 for Kitsap County nonprofit organizations. This year KitsaParty expects to raise over $60,000 for this year’s recipients.
Tickets for this year’s event are $40 each and are available through the recipient groups as well as at all Kitsap Bank branches and at Kitsap Mall.