Winners Announced! What’s My Breed Mix?
February 9, 2025
Winners of our Puppy Bowl breed guessing game have been announced! Check out the reveal on our Facebook or Instagram pages. Thanks for playing!
Arizona pup featured in Puppy Bowl XXI
February 8, 2025
Arizona may not have a team in the Super Bowl this year, but we do have some players in the Puppy Bowl. We got to meet one of the special pup-letes, Akimel. She’s a rescue pup from the NAGI Foundation.
Four Arizona pups compete in 2025 Puppy Bowl, bringing awareness to rescues
By Adam Mintzer
February 7, 2025
PHOENIX — Four Arizona puppies are ready to take the field for this year’s Puppy Bowl, the annual event that showcases adorable rescue dogs while helping them find forever homes.
This year’s furry competitors come from the Arizona Humane Society, Desert Harbor Doberman Rescue, and the Nagi Foundation—which made history last year as the first Native American-led organization to be featured in the event. Read More
Akimel Will Represent NAGI Foundation & The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community In Puppy Bowl XXI
February 3, 2025
NAGI Foundation Founder & CEO, Sheila Iyengar, accompanied Akimel for an in-studio interview on AZ Family’s CBS5 Good Morning Arizona this week. We talked about Akimel’s journey to the Puppy Bowl and the work NAGI Foundation does to support people and pets on Tribal Land.
(Our segment begins at 39 m and 26 s)
Four local rescue pups represent Arizona in Puppy Bowl XXI
February 2, 2025
The NAGI Foundation team appeared on AZ Family’s 3TV Sunday Sweetheart this week alongside some of our amazing partners at Desert Harbor Doberman Rescue and AZ Humane Society to talk all things Puppy Bowl! There are four puppies representing Arizona in the Big Game this weekend.
Tune in to Animal Planet, Discovery, Max or TBS to watch the game on Sunday February, 9th at 1pm ET/ 11am MT/ 10am PT to cheer Akimel on as she represents NAGI Foundation and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on National TV playing in Puppy Bowl XXI!
SRPD Receives K9 Vests From NAGI Foundation and Together Saving Paws
Two local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, the NAGI Foundation and Together Saving Paws, recently teamed up to provide ballistic vests for the Salt River Police Department.
NAGI founder Sheila Iyengar often partners with the Community to donate goods and provide services to pet owners throughout the year. One of the missions of Together Saving Paws founder Kim Slaughter is to keep police K9s safe by purchasing bulletproof vests for them.
SRPD K9 Sgt. Christopher Morin said that the department initially met with Iyengar and Slaughter in June 2023, when Iyengar told them about her foundation. At the meeting, it was brought up that the department could use ballistic vests for a couple of the K9s.
“Kim, without hesitation, said she wanted to cover the costs for as many ballistic vests as we needed,” said Morin.
This is ‘pawsome’: 2 Arizona dogs taking part in this year’s Puppy Bowl
By Heather DeShong, 12 News NBC
February 2, 2023
ARIZONA, USA — The Cardinals may not be playing in the Super Bowl this year, but Arizona will be represented in the 19th Annual Puppy Bowl.
The Puppy Bowl is much like the Big Game but with adorable puppies from shelters across the country instead of pro football players.
This year, puppy players from Team Ruff and Team Fluff will take to the gridiron to win the treasured “Lombarky” trophy.
Two local rescue pups make Puppy Bowl XIX roster
By Cameron Polom, ABC 15 Uplifting Arizona
January 26, 2023
For the first time ever, two rescue pups from Arizona will get to be part of the 2023 Puppy Bowl.
“This is Phoenix, she is a Cairn Terrier mix, and she is seven months old,” said Phoenix’s mom Chelsea Porter.
“This is Inya, and she is a Chihuahua Terrier mix, and she’s around eight months old,” said Inya’s mom and dad Joann and Jorn Fledelius.
Both pups are taking the field as part of Team Fluff, facing off against Team Ruff for the Lombarky Trophy presented by Animal Planet.
NAGI Foundation, RezHawk Towing, Volunteers Help Provide Pet Food to Community Pet Owners
By Tasha Silverhorn, O’Odham Action News
Jan 5, 2023
On Thursday, December 15, the NAGI Foundation, along with the Arizona Pet Project, RezHawk Towing and a number of Community volunteers, delivered dog, cat and bird food to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community pet owners.
With help from RezHawk Towing and SRPMIC Senior Environmental Specialist (Range Management) Brian Gewecke and his 10-horse trailer, he and a number of volunteers were able to load the trailer and deliver the donated items to the Salt River Ballfield, where cars lined up to be loaded with pet food and other items such as cat trees and other pet accessories.
NAGI Foundation Holds Monthly Health Clinic for Dogs and Cats
By Tasha Silverhorn, O’odham Action News
December 1, 2022
The NAGI Foundation held its monthly Animal Health Clinic for dogs and cats on November 19 and 20 at the Salt River Baseball Field. The clinic was hosted in partnership with the Arizona Humane Society and the Department of Environmental Health to provide wellness exams, vaccines, flea and tick prevention, heartworm prevention for dogs, microchipping and health screenings for pets in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
Entrepreneurs to Watch: SEED SPOT Entrepreneurs Who Dare to #DreamBig
This is a guest post by Courtney Klein, Co-Founder and CEO of SEED SPOT
“I was sleeping on coolers of hummus and ice, and there were months when I’d get to -$15 in my bank account. I just had to keep going.”
Two years ago, founder Makenzie Marzluff downsized to a suitcase, and was living out of a van while driving thousands of miles to every single Wegman’s grocery store on the East Coast. Her goal? To have her…
Boys & Girls Club K-9 Youth Program Graduates 5 Teens
By Richie Corrales, O’odham Action News
October 18, 2018
The Boys & Girls Club Red Mountain Branch partnered with the NAGI Foundation and the Salt River Children’s Foundation to launch the Salt River K9 Youth Program this past summer. The program lasted six weeks and was held at the former Red Mountain branch at Red Mountain Visa starting on August 27. On October 3, a graduation ceremony took place to recognize five teens for their accomplishments in the program.
Full story originally posted on O’Odham Action News