About us
Welcome to FurLife: Pacific Northwest Furries! We are a community of more than 5,000 "furry" anthropomorphics fans from all over Washington State, British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho. Come join us at a meet sometime!
Check the upcoming event list to see what's going on: https://www.meetup.com/furlife/events/calendar/ Our major quarterly meet is When Furballs Strike, the world's largest "Furbowl" that attracts 300-400 attendees from all over the Pacific Northwest! Our next one is WFS 56, which will be in late Winter.
Featured event
When Furballs Strike (WFS) 56 - Fursuit Bowling at Kenmore Lanes
When Furballs Strike has been booked for Saturday, Feb. 21! The theme will be "Furry Luau" - our Pacific NW winters are cold and dreary, so let's take a trip to a warm tropical paradise for our late Winter furbowl! Look for many themed items (including lots of Lilo & Stitch stuff!) in our prize raffle!
We are very excited to offer two unique Ultrasponsor gifts for those registering at the $30 level: A colorful custom surfboard keychain with "FurLife - WFS 56" to commemorate our bowling Luau together, and a WFS logo drawstring backpack to hold your keychain and all the other WFS swag! Please consider purchasing a high level sponsorship if you can, as it helps support the event.
Also, for the second time ever, we will be offering a gift to EVERY registered bowler - a beautiful Hawaiian Lei! The traditional lei (flower necklace) is given as a gift signifying the "Aloha" spirit of love, friendship and community, which we enjoy celebrating at WFS. Photos of the gifts are on our Telegram Channel and website bowlwfs.net.
REGISTRATION & COST
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling & shoe rental, listed are the additional benefits of each tier:
$13 Base Reg
- 1 raffle ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
$16 Sponsor
- 5 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS Sticker
$20 Supersponsor
- 10 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item: Fridge Magnet, Ballpoint Clicker Pen or Coaster
$30 Ultrasponsor
- 15 raffle tickets
- Ultrasponsor-only raffle drawing ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item
- WFS 56 Custom Surfboard Keychain
- WFS Logo Drawstring Backpack
To pre-reg, send your payment here via Paypal OR Venmo using the "Family & Friends" option: http://paypal.me/kijani / https://www.venmo.com/u/kijanilion and please put the following in the "Notes" or "Additional Info" box:
- What name you want for the bowling score screen (this will also be your check-in name)
- Your Telegram handle (for confirmation or questions about your pre-reg, otherwise I will confirm through the app's messaging system)
- If you are bowling in a group, please list ALL of your group members so there is no confusion after the pre-reg lanes fill up
You may pay for multiple people on the same pre-reg (this is encouraged), just be sure everyone's info is in the notes, and what level reg everyone is getting is clearly noted.
We have been close to selling out of lanes the last several meets so we will be putting up to 6 bowlers per lane, and all lanes will have a minimum of 5 bowlers.
If you pre-reg, there will two separate, much faster-moving lines where you quickly pick up your raffle tickets, gifts and lane assignment. Pre-Reg closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Feb. 17 Do not send payments in after the cutoff as you will still have to go to the at-event reg line.
FURSUIT CHANGING/GROUP PHOTO
We have a dedicated room for fursuit changing/storage (behind the party room partition). Please be courteous to other attendees and only use this room if you need to, and try to space out usage so it doesn't overcrowd.
The fursuit group photo begins staging at 2pm before bowling starts. When setting up for the photo please let shorter fursuiters be in the front, and spread out side-to-side as much as possible since the photo is taken as a panoramic. Those in front must either sit or kneel.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am - Party room opens
Noon - Pre-Reg Check In opens
12:15 - At-event Registration opens
1:40 - Registration closes
2:00-2:15 - Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement)
2:15 - Bowling starts
4:15 - Bowling ends
4:30-5:30pm - Awards, Prize Raffle
PRIZE RAFFLE
There will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place in the Party Room after bowling.
Extra tickets may be purchased for $1 each (or $4 for 5) anytime during reg, and we will do last call after bowling ends. Raffle proceeds go towards costs of running the world's largest furbowl, prizes for the next WFS & our monthly dues for FurLife on Meetup.
DJ ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!
GROUP DINNER DETAILS COMING SOON!
FOOD
Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies. Things like bottled water/sport drinks kept in the party room for our fursuiters is fine and encouraged.
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
We now have a Telegram Channel dedicated to announcements & updates for WFS! Join it here: t.me/bowlwfs
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First WFS meet or want to see how much fun it is? Check out these videos from recent furbowls!
When Furballs Strike 55 & 54
When Furballs Strike 52 - New World Record! 411 attendees, 203 fursuiters!
Upcoming events
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Weekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
3 attendeesWeekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
3 attendees
All You Can Sushi - Sumo, LYNNWOOD
Sumo AYCE Lynnwood, 19428 Hwy 99, Lynnwood, WA, USYou you like sushi? Do you like ALL you can eat sushi? Do you like hanging out with your fuzzy friends for dinner?
If the answers to these questions is "yes," then join us in February for some all you can sushi fun in LYNNWOOD at Sumo. The menu is diverse with options from nabemono to sashimi, sushi rolls, and more.
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Dinner price varies based on menu ordered.
- In order to get individual bills, we'll be sitting at multiple tables rather than one big table (they don't like to split the bill more than four ways). Please arrive on time so we can sit in the same general area.
Parking/Transportation:
- Sumo in in a major mall in Lynnwood and there's lots of free parking.
- There are lots of busses too!
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are not cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant.
- This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
37 attendeesWeekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
2 attendees
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