About us
Welcome to FurLife: Pacific Northwest Furries! We are a community of thousands of "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 58, which will in late summer - the exact date will be announced by the end of June!
Make sure you're subscribed to our email list to get meet announcements!
Guests:
Please feel free to bring guests - It's great to have someone there that you already know! Please note that while all ages are welcome at most FurLife events, you must be 18 to register for a Meetup account. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Featured event
When Furballs Strike 58 "Wags to Riches!" - Fursuit Bowling at Kenmore Lanes
Let's end Summer with a bang and have fun at our quarterly furbowl! When Furballs Strike 58 has been booked for Saturday, August 29! The theme is "Wags To Riches" celebrating dogs, cats and all our 4-legged friends that bring joy to our lives. As always we have some great giveaways for our attendees and many themed items in our prize raffle.
Our Ultrasponsor gift is one of the nicest ones we've ever given away - a Lattice Paw Pet Bin! Measuring 12x15x15" and made from thick, durable polyester, it will hold all your pet toys/supplies or anything else (up to 20lbs) you can fit inside, and is fully collapsible for easy storage! (see album photo)
We have 84 available, so pre-register early to make sure you don't miss out on that giveaway! We have two alternate Ultrasponsor gift options instead of the pet bin: the WFS Logo Sport Bottle or you can just take 5 bonus raffle tickets (20 total). If you want either of those options please mention it in your pre-reg notes.
We also have a special gift just for WFS 58, a customized pawprint dog tag engraved with "WFS 58 Rags to Riches" to commemorate our event. These will be available for our Ultra and Supersponsors at the check-in table with the pens, magnets and coasters while supplies last!
CHARITY AUCTION
We will be having our annual Charity Auction after bowling, and our 2026 beneficiary is Dog Gone Seattle, a local foster-based rescue that has adopted out more than 6,000 at-risk dogs since their founding in 2017. They are entirely volunteer-run and community funded - the money we raise will go towards ensuring that each animal they intake gets proper veterinary care and training so they can find a forever home!
There will be at least 6 high-value items on display, each with individual bid sheets. The auction will begin silent during registration and bowling, and will end with a live auction starting with the highest silent bid. If no more bids come in, the high silent bid wins. Auction winners must pay for their items immediately after the auction via cash, Paypal, Venmo or card (via Stripe). Card payments will incur a 3% service charge to ensure the full amount goes to the charity.
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
$16 Sponsor
- 5 raffle tickets
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker decal
$20 Supersponsor
- 10 raffle tickets
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker decal
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item: WFS 58 Pawprint Dog Tag, Fridge Magnet, Ballpoint Clicker Pen or Coaster
$30 Ultrasponsor
- 15 raffle tickets
- Ultrasponsor-only raffle drawing ticket
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker decal
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item (same as above)
- Lattice Paw Pet Bin (12"x15"x15") OR WFS Logo Sport Bottle OR 5 extra raffle tickets
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. All group members must pre-register.
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, August 25. 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
4:30-5pm - Awards, Charity Auction
5-6pm - Prize Raffle
6:30pm - Group Dinner at The Burrow at Vulpine Taproom
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!
We will be returning to The Burrow at Vulpine Taproom for a catered group dinner! The event will have a separate Event Page and RSVP system and will be posted when details are finalized.
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 56 - New World Record: 204 Fursuiters!
When Furballs Strike 52 - New World Record: 411 Attendees!
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.)
2 attendees
Wild Waves Farewell Day (Federal Way)
Wild Waves Theme & Water Park, 36201 Enchanted Parkway South, Federal Way, WA, USHello and welcome animals to one final trip to Washington State's only amusement park - Wild Waves Theme & Water Park - before it closes for good this fall!
The trip will take place on July 18 and the park is open from 10am to 8pm. There is no obligation to stay the whole way through, but I recommend we meet at opening to make the most of the day. We can coordinate this as we get closer to the date.
Prices
- Parking is $20 onsite and $17.70 if purchased in advance. I recommend carpooling if you wish to save on this.
- Single day park tickets themselves are $64.99 + tax if bought online and are valid for any day of the season. If you are planning to go multiple times, the Season Pass is a much better deal at $75.99 = tax.
- Both parking and admission can be purchased here.
- Lockers are $16 for standard (1 backpack), $22 for large (2-3 backpacks), and $27 for "jumbo" (3-5 backpacks). These are first come first serve and can be purchased on-site via an automated kiosk. Feel free to rent a large one for you and your friends.
- Tubes for the water park are available first-come, first serve with singles for $12 and doubles for $15, but you can just grab one by the slides for free.
- There is a Zip Line for an added $5. It's rather underwhelming.What to expect
- Food and drink is mostly fast food from quick-service stands at captive market prices (think $20 for 2 chicken strips). You cannot bring outside food or drink.
- Information on theme park rides here.
- Information on water park rides here.
- Please apply sunblock and bring sandals. We're Seattleites and burn easily after many months of cloud. Also most of the park is asphalt of variable quality and will burn your feet.
- There's no obligation to do everything together, but we can meet at a central spot for lunch or the like.If you are attending, please join the telegram chat group for organization and planning purposes here
Any questions or feedback or suggestions, lemme know! Hope to see you there!
26 attendees
Past events
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