Wet Apple Media, publishers of the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal and the WestSound Home & Garden magazine has become a major sponsor for the Great Peninsula Future Festival , Aug. 2-3, in Port Gamble.
Other major sponsors are Kitsap County, the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble , and the Sound Publishing family of Kitsap newspapers: North Kitsap Herald, Kingston Community News, Bainbridge Review, Central Kitsap Reporter, Bremerton Patriot, Port Orchard Independent, Northwest Navigator and the Kitsap Free Daily.
Areas sponsors include Puget Sound Energy and Power Trip Energy Corp. Event sponsors include Port Madison Enterprises , West Sound Utilities, Town & Country Market and Pollen Collection and Sales.
The volunteer-organized event is a nonprofit outdoor festival centered on the theme of “sustainability.” The idea for the festival came to Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer following a community workshop last October on sustainability. It was sponsored by West Sound Conservation Council and led by Larry Seaquist, state representative from the 26th legislative district.
“I was so impressed with the level of enthusiasm and interest in sustainability, I talked to my sister, Sandra, about ways to build on the workshop,” said Bauer. “Sandra is a pro when it comes to event planning. She is one of the original organizers of the Oregon Country Fair. By the end of the conversation, we had decided on holding an annual event focused on sustainability that would bring citizens, educators, community leaders, environmental groups and green businesses together in a festival atmosphere. People would come for the party and give us a ‘teaching moment,’” said Bauer. “The mix would include live music, entertainment, healthy food and hand-made crafts, plus engaging interactive displays on green products, concepts and services.”
Jon Rose of Olympic Property Group donated the use of historic Port Gamble on a prime summer weekend, August 2-3. The GPFF planning council is made up from more than a dozen Kitsap community organizations, including Stillwaters Environmental Center, Kitsap County Extension of Washington State University, Kitsap Audubon Society, Poulsbo Farmers Market, Sustainable Bremerton, WA State Farmers Market Association, Kitsap Community and Agricultural Alliance, West Sound Conservation Council, Kitsap Conservation Voters and the New Old Time Chautauqua.
To learn how you can get involved as a sponsor, exhibitor, vendor or volunteer, visit the GPFF web site: www.GreatPeninsulaFutureFestival.org or contact Sandra Bauer at 786-7495; email sanbauer [at] aol [dot] com.
