Emerald City Critters

10/04/2026

Emerald City Critters was honored to be featured entertainment at an incredible event, the 2026 Seattle Walk to Defeat ALS at the beautiful University of Washington campus in Seattle! Our Critter characters brought smiles and happy memories to the many hundreds of participants including many ALS patients, their families and loved ones as they battle this awful neuromuscular disease. Over $170,000 was raised through this event for life-saving ALS research, care and support which we are very proud be part of.

Our full album featuring photos taken by our founder Tim and volunteer photographer Josh, can be found on the ECC Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldcitycritters2/albums/72177720335984614

08/29/2026

We had a FANTASTIC time as featured entertainment during the City of Algona, WA's annual Algona Day Grand Parade and Festival at Matchett Park!

It always is very special to be able to bring our Critter cheer to these small-town events, and really brighten up people's days with smiles and happy memories when they interact with our fun, friendly Critter characters! Attached are some of our favorite photos from both the Parade and making the rounds of the festival grounds afterwards.

Thank you to Algona Day coordinators Tonya Sislo and Gary Klein for not only having us but giving us accommodations on the grounds to make our appearance possible!

Our team enjoyed themselves very much and we already are looking forward to returning for a 4th time next year!

Full Album on our Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldcitycritters2/albums/72177720335326385

We are an entirely volunteer-run organization and actively seeking donations to help pay for expenses to keep continuing the important work that we do for community and charity events in the Puget Sound area! If you would like to donate, please do so by using the donation link on our website: https://www.emeraldcitycritters.org/donatefaqcontact.html or contact our founder Tim at [email protected] for alternate methods of donation. All donations are tax-deductible as we are a federally-recognized 501(c)(3). Thank you for your support!

08/20/2026

We are so excited to make another return trip to City of Algona, WA's annual Summer parade and festival, Algona Day 2026 this Saturday! This will be our 4th appearance at this wonderful community event, and we will be bringing our largest crew of Critters in many years, sure to delight the many kids and families in attendance and make some wonderful memories.

Look for our friendly Critter characters in the Grand Parade at 10:30am and also wandering the festival grounds at Matchett Park in the noon hour!

02/11/2026

Huge congrats to our hometown on their victory in 60 last Sunday, and today's EPIC Victory Parade downtown!

Flashback to the time our organization got to perform alongside the hardest working mascot in the NFL, Hall Of Famer Blitz himself, at a charity event that raised over $100,000 for the Komen Foundation a while back. Amazing memories!

12/17/2025

12/17/2025

Our Critters had a great time spreading holiday cheer and smiles at the fun and festive Jingle Bell Run Seattle on December 14 at Gas Works Park, which raised an incredible $148,000+ for the Arthritis Foundation!

This is our favorite event of the year and we want to thank coordinators Lori McKnight and Paige Godfrey for having us back again!

We've attached about 30 of our favorite photos to this post, with the full gallery of 70 photos up on our Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldcitycritters2/albums/72177720330955890/ Huge thank you to our volunteer photographer David T. for his great work capturing the memories!

Around the new year, we will be releasing a "2025 Year in Review" video featuring clips from all the events we attended this year.

Happy Holidays everyone and we look forward to seeing you in 2026! If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to help our organization continue to bring smiles and Critter cheer to local events, please visit our Donation page of our website: https://emeraldcitycritters.org/donatefaqcontact.html Thank you for your support!

12/14/2025

We are so very excited to once again be volunteer entertainment for the Jingle Bell Run Seattle tomorrow, bright and early at Gas Works Park on the north shore of Lake Union! It will be our 8th appearance at this fun and festive event that raises a ton of money for the Arthritis Foundation - absolutely one of our favorites on the schedule!

Look for our Critters to be roaming the grounds starting at 8am, bringing the energy and smiles all morning to those jingling for a great cause!

10/13/2025

We made our third appearance at the The ALS Association Walk to Defeat ALS - Seattle at beautiful Marymoor Park in Redmond on Saturday, Oct. 11! Our Critters brought smiles, cheer and magical memories to this fantastic event that our organization was very proud to be part of! This year's Walk raised more than $141,000 towards ALS research and resources to help those and their loved ones fighting this terrible disease.

Check out fun photos from the event in our album here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.821083123614933&type=3

Huge thanks to Karen Andrew, Tyler Barham and the rest of the team at the ALS Association Evergreen Chapter for having us and we greatly look forward to returning next year!

10/13/2025

10/10/2025

We are so very excited and honored to volunteer at the The ALS Association Walk To Defeat ALS - Seattle tomorrow at Marymoor Park in Redmond! This will be our third appearance at this great event, which raises much needed funds for research and support for those battling this terrible degenerative neuromuscular disease with no cure. Our Critter characters will bring the energy and be on hand throughout the event to bring high-fives, hugs and smiles to Walk participants!

If you are attending, come say hi to our friendly Critters, get your photo taken with them, and make some cherished memories from this year's Walk!