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- Highlighting Heroes: Lily Burns
The Quiet Force Behind Lost Dogs of King County Every day in King County, a dog slips out a door, spooks at a loud noise, or follows a scent a little too far from home. For the families left searching,… Read more: Highlighting Heroes: Lily Burns - A Night to Remember: Furevermore Gala Raises $412,000 for Animals Across Seattle
On a night filled with compassion, connection, and community spirit, the Seattle Animal Foundation hosted its most successful gala to date. This year’s Furevermore Gala brought together supporters, volunteers, and animal lovers from across the greater Seattle area to celebrate… Read more: A Night to Remember: Furevermore Gala Raises $412,000 for Animals Across Seattle - The Heart of the Shelter: Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Bandy on the Power of Community
Behind every wagging tail, purring cat, and joyful adoption story at the Seattle Animal Shelter stands a network of compassionate volunteers. At the center of it all is Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Bandy. With more than 300 active volunteers caring for… Read more: The Heart of the Shelter: Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Bandy on the Power of Community - Giving Animals a Second Chance: Inside the Work of SAS Behaviorist Anna
When an animal arrives at the Seattle Animal Shelter, the path to adoption does not always start with wagging tails or soft purrs. Many arrive carrying fear, stress, or trauma. That is where Anna Sernau, the shelter’s animal behaviorist, steps… Read more: Giving Animals a Second Chance: Inside the Work of SAS Behaviorist Anna - Old Stove Social – Sept 11
- Furevermore Year-End Gala Tickets On Sale
Saturday, November 15th, 2025 5:30-10pm Fremont Studios, Seattle Tickets on Sale Now! - Fit with Fido: Running Toward Happier Dogs and Forever Homes
At the Seattle Animal Shelter, some of the best matches between people and pets happen not in the kennels but out on the trails. That’s thanks to Fit with Fido, a volunteer program where runners take shelter dogs out for… Read more: Fit with Fido: Running Toward Happier Dogs and Forever Homes - Fostering Saves Lives: Inside the Seattle Animal Shelter Foster Program
When you step into the Critter Room at the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS), you’re greeted by parakeets, guinea pigs, rabbits, and even a bearded dragon. It is a reminder that every animal who comes through these doors carries a story.… Read more: Fostering Saves Lives: Inside the Seattle Animal Shelter Foster Program - A First Step Toward a Bigger Future: SAF Funds Pilot Spay/Neuter Clinic
This summer, the Seattle Animal Foundation took a bold step toward reducing pet overpopulation – and changing countless lives before they even begin. We’re proud to announce our first external grant, a $20,000 award to Doney Coe Pet Clinic, to launch a pilot spay/neuter clinic serving… Read more: A First Step Toward a Bigger Future: SAF Funds Pilot Spay/Neuter Clinic - A Garden Party to Remember: $11,000 Raised for Animals!
A Garden Party to Remember: $11,000 Raised for Animals! On July 20th, the Seattle Animal Foundation hosted its inaugural Garden Party – and what an unforgettable evening it was! Over 100 guests gathered under perfect summer skies to enjoy an… Read more: A Garden Party to Remember: $11,000 Raised for Animals! - 2024 GrantsSeattle Animal Foundation committed over $400,000 in grants in 2024. Best Chance Program Established in 2024, this program provides pets and pet owners with their best chance at health and wellness with free monthly clinics across Seattle. The clinics, with… Read more: 2024 Grants
- SAF Publishes our 2024 Impact Report
Celebrating a Year of Impact The Seattle Animal Foundation is proud to share our 2024 Impact Report—a look at the progress made thanks to your support. From expanded rescue operations to innovative community outreach, this year’s milestones reflect our unwavering… Read more: SAF Publishes our 2024 Impact Report - Rescue Symposium Brings Together 25 Animal Welfare Organizations
On April 2, 2025, the Seattle Animal Foundation hosted their inaugural Rescue Symposium – bringing together over 25 animal welfare organizations from across western Washington for a day to discuss sharing, collaboration, and forward-thinking solutions. The symposium was created to bring leaders together, spark… Read more: Rescue Symposium Brings Together 25 Animal Welfare Organizations - Welcome to 2025
New year, fresh approach, greater impact The past year has been one of amazing growth and change at Seattle Animal Foundation, and we’re looking forward to even more in 2025. As we enter the new year, we’re most excited to… Read more: Welcome to 2025 - Serious Pie Pizza and Pups
On Tuesday October 15th, Serious Pie in Ballard hosted a Pizza & Pups night of delicious pizza and fun for Seattle Animal Foundation (SAF), Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS), and Furry 5K volunteers. It was a great opportunity for folks to… Read more: Serious Pie Pizza and Pups - Halloween Pet Safety
Make Halloween a treat, not a trap, for your pets Halloween brings out all the frights: creepy goblins, looming skeletons, cackling witches. And for your pets, it can bring out even more scares. “Keep the chocolate away from your four-legged… Read more: Halloween Pet Safety - Amalie’s Journey: A Tail of Resilience
Amalie is a beautiful 8-year-old short haired brown tabby cat that came to Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) in early June 2023. She was reported as a stray when employees at the Seattle Public Library High Point Branch reached out because,… Read more: Amalie’s Journey: A Tail of Resilience - Furry 5K 2024 Raises Over $133,000 in 25th Year
The 25th annual Furry 5K Fun Run & Walk was a heartwarming success! The event took place Sunday, June 9th, 2024 under beautiful sunny skies and cool summer morning temperatures, making it an ideal day for running, walking, and enjoying… Read more: Furry 5K 2024 Raises Over $133,000 in 25th Year - Success in a Small Size
Saltine the Guinea Pig, Success in a Small Size Saltine is a silky smooth black and white guinea pig who was transferred to Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) from Everett Animal Shelter (EAS) in August of 2023. At the time, SAS… Read more: Success in a Small Size - 2024 Face of the Furry 5K: Fortis!
Love and Patience Win – Each year, at the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation’s (SASF) Furevermore Auction & Gala, we auction off our most prestigious prize, the Face of the Furry 5K. The award will be the poster pet for all of… Read more: 2024 Face of the Furry 5K: Fortis! - Sparrow’s Transformation: The Power of Foster
Sparrow came into the Seattle Animal Shelter as a stray where she was running in the streets dodging cars and people. She was very nervous, and spent much of her time in a staff office during the day to try… Read more: Sparrow’s Transformation: The Power of Foster - Fostering hope: Eartha Kat’s transformation
At the Seattle Animal Shelter, many animals’ journeys to recovery are a collective effort, made possible by the support of compassionate individuals. One such tale is that of Eartha Kat (EK), a feline survivor, who came to the Seattle Animal… Read more: Fostering hope: Eartha Kat’s transformation - Sign up now for the 2024 Furry 5K
On your mark, get set… go sign up for the 2024 Furry 5K Fun Run & Walk! Join us Sunday, June 9th at Seward Park, Seattle for a fun-filled event for dogs and humans hosted by the Seattle Animal Shelter… Read more: Sign up now for the 2024 Furry 5K - Dog Bed to Furry 5K
written by Robin Blomster There’s a dog I see multiple mornings a week running with its owner. While mom has a leash strapped around her waist, the retriever prances evenly alongside her, hair blowing in the wind, undistracted by squirrels,… Read more: Dog Bed to Furry 5K - Clinics give pets, families “Best Chance” at healthy lives
Keeping a pet happy and healthy shouldn’t mean sacrificing something else. It shouldn’t require negotiating other responsibilities, or simply going without. The Seattle Animal Shelter Vaccine Clinic on February 15th, 2024 in the International District Community Center allowed 130 local… Read more: Clinics give pets, families “Best Chance” at healthy lives - Success Stories: Nutmeg, Maxine, and Lemon Shark
Love Prevails: Success During the Month of Love The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF), in tandem with our sponsors, promotes the love and welfare of animals. Your generous donations have helped SASF support the Seattle Animal Shelter’s programs including foster… Read more: Success Stories: Nutmeg, Maxine, and Lemon Shark - Love Unleashed Wrap-Up: Heartfelt Thanks!
Our first annual Love Unleashed: A Valentine’s Day Fur-raiser was a smashing success! Animal lovers from all over Seattle came together to support a great cause, the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation. Both the venue and our hearts were filled to… Read more: Love Unleashed Wrap-Up: Heartfelt Thanks! - Looking back at 2023, a wonderful year
We’re looking back and appreciating a year full of advocacy, fundraising, and rescues. Animals were saved, life-saving funds were raised, and family members were adopted. The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) couldn’t have done all of this without the continued… Read more: Looking back at 2023, a wonderful year - Love Unleashed: A Valentines Day Fur-raiser
Join us ?Love Unleashed: A Valentine’s Day Fur-raiser! ?? ? Thursday, February 8th 2024? 5:00 – 8:00 pm ? Stoup Brewing – Capitol Hill, 1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 This love-filled evening is your chance to snuggle with adorable adoptable dogs… Read more: Love Unleashed: A Valentines Day Fur-raiser - 2023 Year End Appeal
As the busy holiday season approaches and we start prepping for presents, get-togethers, and festive traditions, it’s also important to look to those in need. Many animals in our community are relying on our help to receive behavior and medical… Read more: 2023 Year End Appeal - Rocco, Home for the Howlidays
Rocco, Home for the Howlidays Some dogs have more challenges to overcome than others. Meet Rocco. Not only was he born a black Pit Bull mix, but his life circumstances led him on a challenging journey including landing at the… Read more: Rocco, Home for the Howlidays - Safety, Community and Wellness: The real Animal Control
There’s an agency in Seattle that can help with your animals if you’re in a crisis, will support you in an unsustainable situation with your pets, and offers resources and supplies to underserved communities. It’s called Animal Control. Seattle’s Animal… Read more: Safety, Community and Wellness: The real Animal Control - Seattle Animal Shelter Behaviorist Tina helps animals and humans live better together
By Madeline Johnson The Shelter Behaviorist role, crucial to many animals’ success at the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS), was created thanks to and continues to be made possible by the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF). Tina Hope took on this… Read more: Seattle Animal Shelter Behaviorist Tina helps animals and humans live better together - SASF 2024 Calendars
Every year the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation prints a limited number of our collectable calendars, filled with dogs, cats, and critters. Each month features a pet or pets who’s family generously donated at the Furevermore auction, helping Seattle’s animals in… Read more: SASF 2024 Calendars - Giving Tuesday – for pets like Pandora
Giving Tuesday is coming up and Seattle’s animals would appreciate having your support this year! For those who may not know, Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving or generosity, and in 2023, Giving Tuesday falls on November 28th.… Read more: Giving Tuesday – for pets like Pandora - 2023 Furevermore Auction & Gala Raises $250,000
The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation’s Furevermore Auction & Gala kicked off in a new location this year but with the same goal in mind – to raise critical funds for Seattle’s pets in need. More than 300 attendees plus volunteers,… Read more: 2023 Furevermore Auction & Gala Raises $250,000 - It Takes a Village
Shelter teams pull together to see through the hardest cases The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation strives to support each animal that comes into the shelter by funding programs above what the city can provide, whether it be behavioral, medical or… Read more: It Takes a Village - Furevermore auction chair sees success in “failure”
Mindy Fitzgerald knows what it means to be a “foster fail.” She got her second dog, Theodore (“Theo”), a mastiff mix, after bringing him home from Seattle Animal Shelter as a foster puppy. And on top of that, she went… Read more: Furevermore auction chair sees success in “failure” - Chicken Rescue! Furevermore Ride-Along
In December 2022, Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation board member Jeana Chaffin was on a ride-along with Seattle Animal Shelter Animal Field Officer Kevin – a ride-along she successfully bid on at the Furevermore Auction & Gala a few weeks earlier!… Read more: Chicken Rescue! Furevermore Ride-Along - New coordinator “foster is the future”
For Sagan Lain, starting a career in animal welfare felt like “turning on a light switch in my being.” “After graduating college I was wanting to work in a helping field, but not exactly sure what that would look like… Read more: New coordinator “foster is the future” - Lachy’s Strength for Success
Today, Lachy is healthy, and you’d never guess what happened! Unfortunately, Lachy fell out of a four-story window. Although he survived the fall, that was the beginning of his recovery period. He was diagnosed with pneumothorax (air in his chest),… Read more: Lachy’s Strength for Success - Save the Date: Furevermore Returns October 21, 2023
Join the pawty of the year! 2023 marks the 12th annual Furevermore Auction and Gala! This year will be bigger than ever before. We welcome hundreds of amazing donors to the beautiful Fremont Studios to partake in: Sports tickets,… Read more: Save the Date: Furevermore Returns October 21, 2023 - Furevermore 2023Buy Tickets • Sponsor • Donate Auction Item 2023 FUREVERMORE FUNDRAISING AUCTION & GALAOctober 21, 2023 6:30 pmFremont Studios • 155 N 35th Street, Seattle, WASilent & Live Auctions ~ Raise the Paddle ~ Adoptable Animals Join the Seattle Animal… Read more: Furevermore 2023
- Bequests Carry on the Legacy
Last year at the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) annual Furevermore Auction and Gala fundraising event, SASF paid tribute to Bob and Doris. Watch the touching tribute video slideshow below, narrated by Furevermore’s host Tracy Taylor. Married in 1962, the… Read more: Bequests Carry on the Legacy - Scary world turns welcoming thanks to a new friend
For most dogs, going into a shelter is an overwhelming experience. There’s noise, strange smells and a lot of uncertainty. And these feelings were magnified exponentially for little Tarsier, a mini-Aussie/retriever mix. After being found on the streets of Capitol… Read more: Scary world turns welcoming thanks to a new friend - Mud Bay: Making the Furry 5K a Slam Dunk as Presenting Sponsor
Every year, the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation hosts the Furry 5K, a Fun Run (or walk!) which benefits the Seattle Animal Shelter, supporting pets in need. And for the 5th year in a row, Mud Bay was the Furry 5K… Read more: Mud Bay: Making the Furry 5K a Slam Dunk as Presenting Sponsor - Furry 5K 2023 Raises Over $118,000 for Animals in Need
The 24th annual Furry 5K is in the books! The weather cooperated and was perfect for running, walking, strolling, and petting dogs. Over 1,300 amazing humans registered for the race and Seward Park was a sea of teal with the… Read more: Furry 5K 2023 Raises Over $118,000 for Animals in Need - Shelter diversion keeps pets happy, healthy, and with their families
The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation financially supports programs at the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) through yearly grants. One highly impactful grant supports SAS’s “Shelter Diversion” program and its Owner Support Fund, which started in 2020 and continues today. In 2020,… Read more: Shelter diversion keeps pets happy, healthy, and with their families - Beluga’s journey through a sea of doubt
Beluga is adorable, big and white, just like her namesake whales. And these days, she is sociable and super friendly. But it took time and lots of loving encouragement for her to show it. Found on the streets of Magnolia,… Read more: Beluga’s journey through a sea of doubt - Furry 5K turns fun into funds that make a difference
Sign up for this year’s Furry 5K here! The best part of the Furry 5K Fun Run and Walk varies depending on who you ask. For many of us it’s simple: the dogs and their people. For others, it’s seeing… Read more: Furry 5K turns fun into funds that make a difference - Face of the Furry 5K 2023
On June 11, Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) is holding the 24th annual Furry 5K at Seward Park. A chance to get outside, gather with our furry family members, and support animals in need. What’s more, 100% of funds raised… Read more: Face of the Furry 5K 2023 - Tips to get you and your dog ready for the Furry 5K
Sunday, June 11, 2023 marks the 24th annual Furry 5K Fun Run and Walk. 100% of funds raised go to the Help the Animals Fund at the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS). The 2020 and 2021 Furry 5Ks were entirely virtual, but in… Read more: Tips to get you and your dog ready for the Furry 5K - Get ready for the 2023 Furry 5KOn your mark, get set… go sign up for the 2023 Furry 5K Fun Run & Walk! Join us Sunday, June 11th at Seward Park, Seattle for a fun-filled event for dogs and humans hosted by the Seattle Animal Shelter… Read more: Get ready for the 2023 Furry 5K
- Community Outreach to Seattle’s Animals in Need
When you think of the Seattle Animal Shelter, you may not realize what an encompassing role the shelter and its programs play in the lives of so many of Seattle’s animals, both inside and outside the shelter. Community support through… Read more: Community Outreach to Seattle’s Animals in Need - Strength, Spirit, and Determination: Celebrating Hard Work and Happy Adoptions
The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) strives to support each animal that comes into the Seattle Animal Shelter by funding programs above what the city can provide, whether it be behavioral, medical or environmental. SASF’s support helps the most in-need… Read more: Strength, Spirit, and Determination: Celebrating Hard Work and Happy Adoptions