Maryland Furskate

Maryland Furskate (MDFurskate)
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Location	Maryland, USA
Website	http://www.mdfurs.org/
Status	Ongoing
First iteration	11 January, 2015
Organizer(s)	Maryland Furs
Charity	FRISKY'S Wildlife and Primate Sanctuary (2015-2017) Rude Ranch Animal Rescue (2017-)
Subject	Furry

The Maryland Furskate (MDFurskate) is a regularly occurring furry event held near Baltimore, Maryland. The event invites members of the regional furry community and members of the public to participate in a night of socializing and rollerskating.

MDFurskate was started by Irime Zane one of the local Maryland Furs Moderators as a regional recurring event similar to the Delaware Furbowl. The original idea was to have a unique event that was different from the numerous "Furbowls" occurring in the furry community that belonged to the Maryland Furry Community as a whole. Scheduled deliberately to be in the months in between Delaware Furbowl in order to avoid schedule conflicts so furries in the region could attend both.

MDFurskate was run by Irime Zane with assistance from Kit Drago. Miltonius Prime sets up a small gaming meet area at the event. It was originally co-scheduled with an event hosted by Rexxie the Cat called the "Osaka Grill and Buffet Meet" that stopped for a year, but plans to restart with the Feb planned MDFurskate.

The MDFurs through the Furskate raised money for both resources for events, such as the headless lounge built for use at events, the annual holiday party, and to donate to charity. From inception until 2017, funds donated to Charity went to Frisky's Wildlife Sanctuary through an annual group donation to the Fur the 'More charity fund. On Oct 21st 2017, after Irime Zane and Kit Drago stepped down from active moderator-ship of the MDFurs community, the MDFurskate was officially handed over to FlickyB at which time charity fund raising switched from an annual contribution to a per-event contribution. The recipient charity was changed to Rude Ranch Animal Rescue.

Details

2015

#	Event Date	Attendance	Donation
1	Jan 11	45
2	Mar 21	47
3	Jul 18	50
4	Sep 19	35
5	Oct 21	39
Holiday Party	Dec 18	45	2015 Total: $780

2016

#	Event Date	Attendance	Donation
6	Feb 27	30
7	May 21	45
8	Jul 23	63
9	Sep 17	47
10	Nov 19	44
Holiday Party	Dec 18	52	2016 Total: $845

2017

#	Event Date	Attendance	Donation
11	Apr 1	48
12	May 20	35
13	Jul 29	36
14	Sep 17	47	2017 total pre-host change: $595
15	Oct 21	48	$250 (Start: Rude Ranch)
Holiday Party	Dec 16	55	$250

Annual Charity Totals

Year	Charity	Total
2015	Frisky's Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary (via FurtheMore)	$780
2016	Frisky's Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary (via FurtheMore)	$845
2017 (Jan-Oct)	Frisky's Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary (via FurtheMore)	$595
2017 (Oct - Present)	Rude Ranch Animal Rescue	$500
Grand Total		$2720

External links

• http://www.mdfurs.org/
• Maryland Furs on Twitter
• Maryland Furs on Fur Affinity