Taken from Whoozfur:
"Please take a moment to check out our tshirts, the logo will be updated soon to be more furry adorable, but the funding goes to help provide these cookouts! Dont forget to get a shirt! http://www.booster.com/whoozfurtshirts

Where: Woodman Park
-720 Ashmore Dr, Greenwood, IN 46143
-Behind Ashmore Trace Apartments off Smith Valley RD.

When: Saturday, September 19th From 2:00 - 6:00 pm
-At 6:30, we will be going to the bowling alley on US 31, called Southern Bowl.
-1010 U.S. 31 Greenwood, IN 46143
-http://www.royalpin.com/southern/prices-southern/

What: We will be grilling, and chilling. Bring your fav meat and buns, chips, drink, and or desserts! We will need some folks to bring ice, i can provide the coolers. I also have cups, plates, utensils etc. If everybody brings 1 thing, we should have plenty to eat!

We got a nice portable propane grill for all that sexy, sexy meat.

Can somebody please bring something healthy? Fruits and veggies please!

Please post on the Google form ( http://goo.gl/forms/Tqp3EigDXk ) with what you can bring, so we can get an idea ahead of time.

Wanna know what people are bringing? CLICK HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....it?usp=sharing



The Rules:
-NO SMOKING, its city law. I cannot change this, and if you choose to break this law, you will pay the fine.
-NO ALCOHOL, no exceptions. If you bring it, ill be asking you to leave. 21 years old or not, sorry, leave it at home.
-Dogs are allowed, but must remain on a leash.
-Theres NO electricity, so please dont expect to plug anything in.
-Be respectful, keep your drama at home. Come to have fun, and we will all get along fine!
-Fursuits are OK at the park and the bowling alley (as it has been in the past), please keep attire family friendly.
-Weather is unpredictable, so please be prepared for possible rain or wind.

-Tora"

ALSO: September 15th from 11am to 2pm Southern Bowl is hosting a Kids' Fest and have invited suiters to come and join them for photo ops and hang out with the kids. Please be on your best behavior as this is a public invitation and not a regular furry meet.



Our Friday Luncheon is still on! Please feel free to make suggestions for places! Friday the 4th at 11:30 and once we set up where I'll post that here as well. We've kind of over played the Ami card in my book, so we could do something like HuHot's again or McAlester's, Bub's Burgers, Mama's Korean BBQ, or any number of places. I'd like to keep it below 10$ a plate though preferably. Make sure to let Neeka know beforehand if you need a ride and she'll come pick you up if you're around town or down by the lake. Leave us a comment if you plan on attending so we know to look out for you!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to write in and check with everyone since most people are still moving around and adjusting to new schedules for the semester and what not!

We have a few things up and coming in the next few months!

September: has expressed his want to do one last BBQ before the summer weather turns too chilly (more details to come, but it will be held at Neeka's place more than likely) ALSO! Game night will happen again! Stay tuned to both here and our Facebook page for more info!

October: There are two potential Halloween parties. will be hosting her annual get together/ birthday party at her house Saturday the 30th (a handful of overnights are welcome as of now but this may change). And has some interest in doing one a little earlier as well!

November: We will be hosting a Bloomingfurs Thanksgiving for all those who are unable to go home to family or have nothing else to do!

December: This will probably be a very dead month out side of MFF as people will be traveling and vacationing, but there is still the possibility of Krampus Night still happening (usually the first weekend in December, but they have not posted their dates yet).


Please let us know if anyone else has anything planned so we can post it!

Also! From here on out there will be an informal monthly Friday lunch trip for anyone available! The next lunch will be September 4th at 11:30. We have not picked a place so suggestions will be taken! All are welcome :D If you need a ride please contact Neeka or leave a note in the comments!

On November 22nd Bloomingfurs invites you to join us for Laser Tag, dinner and partying.
Starting the day off at Laser Lite we'll gather at 2PM and start playing at 3PM. LasreLite allows for fursuiting and has a decent sized lobby for hanging out and playing games. At 4:30PM we'll pack up and head over to Mr. Hibachi for dinner. So if you want to skip the laser tag join us at Mr. Hibachi at 5. Mr. Hibachi is comfortable with ears and tails. After Dinner there will be an after party at Neeka's Demon Den.


Laser Lite is located at 4505 East 3rd Street, Bloomington Indiana. Website
Costs
8 or more players - 2 games for $12, 3 games for $16
20 or more players - 2 games for $11, 3 games for $15
*Arcade* as much as you wish to spend.

Mister Hibachi is located at 4400 East Third Street, Bloomington Indiana.website
Costs
Buffet for one is around 12 dollars.

Neeka's After Party
Costs, FREE but be a cool fur, bring some snacks or beverages that you can share

Starting up the Calendar again. After some rework on the plan.
right now I mostly have conventions Furry and of interest. as more events get announced I'll add them in.

6/27/2014 - 6/29/2014***Indianapolis, IN
Days of the Dead
LINK to page
7/4/2014 - 7/6/2014***Indianapolis, IN
Inconjunction 2014
LINK to page
7/18/2014 - 7/19/2014***Bloomington, IN
Crafting Workshop
Details coming
7/20/2014***Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Toy and Comic Expo
LINK to page
8/29/2014 - 8/31/2014***Indianapolis, IN
Indy FurCon
LINK to page
9/12/2014 - 9/14/2014***Columbus, OH
Furlaxation
LINK to page
10/10/2014 - 10/12/2014***Cincinnati, OH
Fur Reality
LINK to page
11/14/2014 - 11/16/2014***Fort Wayne, IN
PentaCon 2014
LINK to page
11/15/2014***Hammond, IN
TomKat Comic Convention
LINK to page
12/5/2014 - 12/7/2014***Rosemont, IL
Midwest FurFest
LINK to page



I'd like people's views on doing a fursuiting at the Bloomington Farmer's Market this summer. It would be on a Saturday morning.

On March 15th, 2014 we'll be hosting A Laser Tag Meet. Organized by with assistance by and


We shall meet at the Laser Lite at 3:00PM, set up and buy our games. Starting at 4:00 we'll begin playing. The arena has a max capacity of 26, each game is 15 minutes and we'll be sharing with general public so I recommend at most buying 3 games.
At 6:00-6:30PM we'll wrap up and head over to Mr. Hibachi which is right across the street.
After dinner there will be a party at Janu's place

This is a fursuit welcome event at Laser Lite and Janu's
For those not interested in Laser Tag, there is a arcade with several games including DDR

Friday December 6th, Indianapolis IN
IndyFurry First Friday Dinner, Hosted by  Sovrim LINK

Saturday December 7th, Bloomington IN
Krampus Night, Details below. 6:00 PM meet up at the Belfry

Wednesday December 11th, Merrillville, IN
LCFM Dinner Meet, Hosted by  lcfm RSVP event LINK

Weekend, December 13 14 or 15, Bloomington IN
Lunasparle's Get Together, Host  Lunasparkle Date not certain yet LINK

Friday December 20th, Indianapolis IN
IndyFurry Christmas Dinner, Hosted by  Sovrim RSVP event LINK

Saturday December 21st, OH
Christmas Party, Hosted by  knightwolf1 probably should RSVP LINK



Krampus Night December 7th LINK
We'll meet up at the Belfry between 6 and 6:30 pm cookies and pastries. Then at 6:30 we'll walk over to the Park for the start of Festivities. Parking at Belfry is free so long as you park on property. This looks like a fun time.

 Lunasparkle is thinking of having get together at her house on the weekend of the 13-15th and would like to know which day works best.

Wednesday, Oct 2nd Lake County Fur Dinner. Hosted by  LCFM Details

Friday, Oct 4th IndyFurry First Friday Dinner. Hosted by  Sovrim Details

Saturday, Oct 12th Northern Indiana Cosmic Furry Bowling Meet. Hosted by  nifm Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Whoozfur picnic. Hosted by  whoozfur Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Wolf Park Furmeet. Hosted by  elkhartfurmeets Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Fort Wayne Fright Night. Hosted by  Fort_Wayne_Furs Details

Saturday, Oct 26th Barktoberfest 5K run/walk. Appears to have been canceled sorry.

This is a beta test of the forms I've been building. I'll be using it to generate nice concise calendars. As I move forward I hope to include Information for the events in the 4 surrounding States (Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan) If you you know of groups that are doing stuff let me know of them or let them know I'm doing this. This likely will be updated once per week.

Saturday, Sept 28th Bloomingfurs FurBowl and BBQ. Hosted by  janu Details Further Details

Tuesday, Oct 2nd Lake County Fur Dinner. Hosted by  LCFM Details

Saturday, Oct 12th Northern Indiana Cosmic Furry Bowling Meet. Hosted by  nifm Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Whoozfur picnic. Hosted by  whoozfur Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Wolf Park Furmeet. Hosted by  elkhartfurmeets Details

Saturday, Oct 19th Fort Wayne Fright Night. Hosted by  Fort_Wayne_Furs Details

Saturday, Oct 26th Barktoberfest 5K run/walk. Hosted b y  shanniecat Details

The school year is started and its time for Bloomingfurs to get active!

First: A big thanks to  Janu for setting up our next Bowling meet. details for it are HERE. but in brief it starts at 3 pm on SEP 28th at the Classic Bowling Lanes

Second:  shanniecat has a great activity on OCT 26th
http://www.mcharunf ortheanimals. org/
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 26, 2013
10:00AM
5K RUN/WALK
10:00A.M. - 3:00P.M. BARKTOBERFEST!
Dunn Meadow

Good News everybody! After talking with the MCHA about the idea of mascotting for this event they have decided they love the idea and would love to have us there! This was a crazy idea that I wasn't even certain would fly but after explaining why we fursuit and mascot and that we just loved doing it they said they would love to have us!

While it's not just for Bloomingfurs or fursuiters alone, I would need a list of suiters (and skilled fursuit handlers) willing to help out. Even if you are unsure about being able to suit but are interested they would like us to send them pictures of the suiters (in suit) and how many t-shirts we will need for partial suits or fullsuiters willing to wear t-shirts over their suits.

You would be interacting with children and there are animals here. This is why we need handlers! We will need handlers who are willing to stay with groups of suiters to make certain dogs aren't underfoot and to read body language of canines and children alike as to keep the suiters and animals/children safe. If you don't want children coming up to you in suit, I probably wouldn't volunteer your time. This is an outdoors event as well.

We also may be carrying around donation buckets to try and raise extra money for the foundation as well if you are willing to help out here too. They liked the idea of the fursuiters being there because they want the walk and Barktoberfest to feel more kid friendly and what's more kid friendly than a bunch of giant animals you can hug and interact with running around!?!?

We have been given the honor as being listed as Silver sponsors for the event for the time we put in to being there as mascots. I already know there are a few who have committed to this but if anyone else would like to join in please send me information/ details on if you are wanting to suit or be a handler for the group. We will be given an area to change, bottled water and I believe a few fans to cool off so the magic isn't ruined for the little guys.. but we will need help from friends as well to keep us hydrated and to watch out for suiters!

This is located in the heart of IU campus so if we decide we would like to continue suiting after the events Kirkwood isn't that far away and the Dinner/after party can begin!...because anyone and everyone who shows up to suit, support or handle deserves a pat on the back for their hard work in helping a local animal charity!

If you have any questions or concerns just send a email or message here and I will discuss things with the director of MCHA and/or add further details to this for everyone.

If we have a nice turnout we will decide where we would be going for dinner, make reservations and whatnot the closer we get to the actual date. Suggestions or anything everyone is welcome to speak up.

Note: Common sense request because this isn't a private furry event and we have been invited as an honor to associated with this group. Please, no harnesses on fursuiters(EVEN if you are canine) no humans on leashes or collars. Fursuits can have collars on(No LEASHES!) but for the safety and consideration of this group and the children let's try and keep accessories on fursuits and furries alike to a PG rating. Bells, collars and anything cute and friendly on suits is fine, anything that might be suggestive or any suggestive behavior in public is not so fine.. You are representing furries as a whole and fursuiters. Please just consider this before getting offended at these requests.

This Friday, May 24th  arashiin would like any Furs in the area to come hangout at the Starbucks on Indiana near Kirkwood. Join us at 6 PM for relaxation and merriment

OK so here's the final plans after checking with our booking.

Saturday May 11th at 2:30 PM we'll be starting up the games.
Location will be Rachel's Cafe
300 East Third Street

We'll have Arkham Horror and Cards Against Humanity on hand.

Then around 6 PM if we have the cars for it we can pick up some food and head to the Starlite Drive-in The theater's gates open at 7PM and the movie starts at Dusk. Tickets are $8.00 per person.



Additionally

 whoozfur is hosting a furry picnic on May 18th

There is an open invite from the Ohio furs to the 3rd annual King's Island trip
This is May 31st and June 1st.
Details here

So lets have some fun!

Its getting warmer and we should start doing stuff.

How about on Saturday May 11th we get together for some boardgames! Starting at 3. We can play some games then afterwards possibly pickup some pizza and go to the Starlight Drive In Theater. It'll be great! who's interested?

Also there are a lot of cool things going on soon that I need to post. Sorry, I'm trying to catch up.

We are holding this at Classic Bowling Lanes again.


Join us March 9th at Classic Bowling Lanes 1421 N Willis Dr, Bloomington, IN
Gathering and setup time will be Noon and it is requested you be there by quarter to One if you wish to bowl. We get two lanes at 1:00PM.

Cost will be $3.50 per game with a $2.50 shoe rental, unless.
If we get more than 15 people shoe rental is waived and cost goes down to $3.00 per game.

Fursuits are welcome and encouraged. The Lanes will decide is a Fursuiter can use their foot paws or has to wear bowling shoes. Please remember that the wood on the lanes is expensive and difficult to repair.

We will have a cool down area for Fursuiters.


After the bowling all are invited to get pizza at Cafe Pizzeria.

Thanks to keyoki for making reservations with C.B.L.


Also on Saturday there is a free day at Wolf Park. Contact  binks_wolf if interested.

I'm sorry I meant to get a journal out last week but with the recent tragedy and my work schedule being terrible, I am sorry I just didn't think to write up a change of plans.

From the response received, its looks like we will move the bowling to the second Saturday of the month. because of the change and the fact so many of us were booked up on last Saturday I wasn't planning to have a meet. Then a lot of life became complex. Needless to say, I'm sorry I didn't put out a journal last week.

Our next bowling meet should be on Saturday March 9th and I promise to get details out sooner.

Thain asked me to pass along the information that a new gaming store has opened up in Bloomington. Hall of Heroes on the Eastside a bit past the Mall. 4001 E. Third St Their FaceBook Page

Finally greetings to the newest Indiana based group to form  Ivytech-furs

The host for the Games day had a few time conflicts arise and had to reschedule the event. so instead of the 10th it will be the week after on the 17th.

Hope to see you then.

It has been asked if Bloomingfurs could change its FurBowl date so as not to conflict with the similarly scheduled CincyFurs. So what do you the Bloomingfurs think?
First Saturday:
Second Saturday:
Third Saturday:
Fourth Saturday: Current
(the very rare) Fifth Saturday:


I'd like to get response on this so If another Saturday is chosen I can make the alteration for March.

Four days before Valentine's Day, what could be a better expression of love passion and romance than fighting the machinations of Elder Gods that want unmake reality?
That's right on Sunday Feb 10th we'll be hosting Arkham Horror and Cards Against Humanity. Come for the soul crushing fun and hilarity, stay for the tentacle

We'll be meeting up at Rachel's Cafe 300 East Third Street at 2PM please join us.

[red]We are changing the date from the 10th to the 17th. Read more here

I've reserved 2 lanes for us at the IMU's Back Alley on the 26th and can possibly get more if needed. We will have them from 4PM to 5PM. I'm renting them on the hourly basis so it will be unlimited bowls during this period.Shoes will be covered in this cost, and suiters can ask the Lanes if their feet will be acceptable, but if they declined please be graceful about it. If everyone can chip in 3 to 5 dollars to help cover the lanes, it would be appreciated. We'll start gathering around 3 so people can relax get in suit and be ready to hit the lanes at 4. After bowling we can hangout and grab some food on Kirkwood.

Hope to see you all there!!!

Hey everyone! hope you all had a good Holiday season. and its time to get back into the swing of things for Bloomingfurs. We'll be starting up the 4th Saturday bowling again, so I hope to see you all on the 26th of Jan. We'll be trying to move over to the Back Alley at the Indiana Memorial Union. This is is response to the difficulties we had with Classic. Pros of this move are, that its closer to just about everyone on campus, less likelihood of our reservation getting "lost" and its a better area for us to suit and possibly meet other furs (that haven't found us yet). Cons are we might not have a place for headless lounge and its on Campus so no booze. I'll be getting the reservation on Monday and will post all info then, but if you are even possibly interested please post a comment here so I can have a rough count on how many lanes I'll need. thanks.

Upcoming Events

October 27th: BloomingFurs 4th Saturday Fursuit Bowling; 3PM: Classic Bowling Lanes, Bloomington IN. Details below.
October 31st; WontonWednesday all day long at the Belfry. Mori will be having a BBQ potluck on Wednesday with hopefully trick or treaters. Come hangout have some food and wear a costume.
November 11th Games and art at Rachel's Cafe; Some goofy fun to help relieve the pressures of Midterms. Join us at 1:00 for some fun (likely Cards Against Humanity)
November 16th-18th: Midwest FurFest in Rosemont IL. Information Here PreReg ends Nov 5th.


Fourth Saturday Fursuit Bowling

Hosted by BloomingFurs at Classic Bowling Lanes 1421 N Willis Dr, Bloomington, IN
Time will be 3 PM. The regular bowling leagues are starting up so CBL is really crowded later in the day. Also this makes it easier for us to do something like pizza afterwards.
Cost will be $3.50 per game with a $2.50 shoe rental, unless.
If we get more than 15 people shoe rental is waived and cost goes down to $3.00 per game.
Fursuits are welcome and encouraged. The Lanes will decide is a Fursuiter can use their foot paws or has to wear bowling shoes. Update: Last Month they were not keen on the use of footpaws, you can still try but be aware they quite possibly will say "no"
After the bowling we can head down the road to Smoking Jack's Rib Shack for some celebration and delicious foods.

Upcoming Events

Oct 20th: LAFF bowling: Information Here A note you need to get a LAFFBOWL badge
October 27th: BloomingFurs 4th Saturday Fursuit Bowling; 3PM: Classic Bowling Lanes, Bloomington IN. Details below.
November 16th-18th: Midwest FurFest in Rosemont IL. Information Here PreReg ends Nov 5th.


Fourth Saturday Fursuit Bowling

Hosted by BloomingFurs at Classic Bowling Lanes 1421 N Willis Dr, Bloomington, IN
Time will be 3 PM. The regular bowling leagues are starting up so CBL is really crowded later in the day. Also this makes it easier for us to do something like pizza afterwards.
Cost will be $3.50 per game with a $2.50 shoe rental, unless.
If we get more than 15 people shoe rental is waived and cost goes down to $3.00 per game.
Fursuits are welcome and encouraged. The Lanes will decide is a Fursuiter can use their foot paws or has to wear bowling shoes. Update: Last Month they were not keen on the use of footpaws, you can still try but be aware they quite possibly will say "no"
After the bowling we can head down the road to Smoking Jack's Rib Shack for some celebration and delicious foods.

Work and the FA outage slightly skewed my internal calendar but I needed to get this up ASAP anyway.

Upcoming Events
September 22nd: Whoozfur picnic, 10 AM Craig Park Greenwood Information here
September 22nd: BloomingFurs 4th Saturday Fursuit Bowling; 3PM: Classic Bowling Lanes, Bloomington IN. Details below.
Sept 22nd: Morphicon Free Furry Picnic: Westerville OH: Information Here
September 28th-30th: Furlaxation in Columbus Ohio. Information Here Notice PreReg ends Sept 21st!!!
Oct 20th: LAFF bowling: Information Here A note you need to get a LAFFBOWL badge
November 16th-18th: Midwest FurFest in Rosemont IL. Information Here PreReg ends Nov 5th.

Fourth Saturday Fursuit Bowling
Hosted bt BloomingFurs at Classic Bowling Lanes 1421 N Willis Dr, Bloomington, IN
Time will be 3 PM. The regular bowling leagues are starting up so CBL is really crowded later in the day. Also this makes it easier for us to do something like pizza afterwards.
Cost will be $3.50 per game with a $2.50 shoe rental, unless.
If we get more than 15 people shoe rental is waived and cost goes down to $3.00 per game.
Fursuits are welcome and encouraged. The Lanes will decide is a Fursuiter can use their foot paws or has to wear bowling shoes.
C B L has a snack bar and a wet bar so bring extra cash for munchies.

So cool FA is finally back up and running.
The September BBQ was fun. Keyoki, Shannon and Mori extend thanks to all who attended; Helix, Arashiin, Janu, Shiira, Leo, BlitzFlame.

Events coming up:

September 15th. LAFF Fursuit Bowling. Chicago IL.

Sept 22nd Bloominfurs Fursuit bowling. (I can't remember if we're doing this at 3PM or 6PM. I'll have to edit this later) at Classic Bowling Lanes.

Sept 22nd Whoozfur picnic. 10AM at Craig Park, Greenwood Indiana.

September 28 - 30. Furlaxation in Columbus OH