Air for Paws in the News
Quick 5: Air for PawsQuick 5 Podcast | By Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce | May 6, 2024 Episode
On this episode of Quick 5 with The Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce CEO Nick Gaich and podcast producer/ co-host Kylie McLaughlin sat down with Terry Moriyama, founder & president of The Air For Paws Foundation, who provides animal resuscitation masks to emergency responders. Listen now to hear how Terry got started, how the resuscitation masks work and what kind of animals her foundation helps save! Listen through to the end to hear how you can help support this incredible foundation with donations, volunteering, and attending their fun doggy filled events! follow them on their socials and check out their website to stay up to date on everything they're doing!
Air for Paws: Helping first responders help furry friendsThe California Fire Service Magazine | By Gary Giacomo | January/February 2024 Issue
When a fire call is received firefighters are trained to respond and then perform a quick size-up. Preserving lives and property are of paramount importance. Sometimes, however, the lives in peril may not be human, but they are every bit part of a family. Over 83 million dogs and 96 million cats are kept as animal companions in the United States, and just like their human counterparts, without warning they can be placed in emergency situations because of fire. Tragically, nearly 40,000 pets die in fires due to smoke asphyxiation.
Nonprofit profile: ‘Super volunteer’ to receive Leadership awardMorgan Hill Life | By Calvin Nuttall | February 7 - 20, 2024
When Terry Moriyama was asked to join a private huddle with fellow Rotary Club members after a recent meeting, serving others was the only thing on her mind.
“Mario was being strangely insistent,” Moriyama said, referring to Mario Banuelos, president of the Morgan Hill club. “So I thought it would be about his project, and that he wanted me to be a part of his team.”
As she was ushered to the back of the quiet banquet room of the Community Center, she was astonished to be met by a group of prominent local figures, including Lisa DeSilva, Roger Knopf, and former mayor Steve Tate — all past recipients of Leadership Morgan Hill’s prestigious Leadership Excellence Award. They told Moriyama she would soon be awarded the same honor.
Moriyama named Morgan Hill Leadership Excellence recipientMorgan Hill Times | Staff Report | February 5, 2024
Local volunteer and nonprofit leader Terry Moriyama is the 2024 Leadership Excellence Award recipient, Leadership Morgan Hill announced this week.
Moriyama’s contributions and leadership in Morgan Hill include the founding and operation of local nonprofit Air For Paws, as well as her volunteerism on the chamber of commerce board of directors, Rotary Club, LMH board (and a member of the LMH Class of 2004), the Community Law Enforcement Foundation, Mushroom Mardi Gras, Taste of Morgan Hill and more.
Downtown Lowdown … with Dave Dindak: Pet parade during Wine Stroll will raise funds to help Air for PawsMorgan Hill Life April 20 - May 3, 2022
Successful RE/MAX Realtor and mentor, Morgan Hill Rotary President, member of our Downtown Association, the Chamber, Community Law Enforcement Foundation, and several other organizations as well as friends with everyone she meets — that’s Terry Moriyama. I have always wondered what drives her to do it all. Her reply was simple — Morgan Hill’s “sense of community, its beauty, and how you can just feel its heart and soul.” This month’s column highlights yet another selfless endeavor, her nonprofit Air For Paws.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit And IU Health Paoli Hospital EMS Team Up To Provide Aid To Animals In Need During Fire EmergenciesWBIW August 6, 2020
“We are excited to receive these kits at no cost to us from the Air For Paws organization and appreciate IU Health Paoli EMS for being willing to put these kits on their ambulances throughout the county,” said Deputy Ryan Smith. “The sheriff’s department and IU Health Paoli EMS are proud to work together to offer this service to the community.”
Metro Louisville EMS wants to equip all ambulances with lifesaving equipment for petsInsider Louisville December 19, 2018
" Air for Paws sent 25 new resuscitation kits for their EMS mobile SUV units.The national organization donates hundreds of the kits to first responders across the country."
Nonprofit Air for Paws donates 18 K-9 resuscitation kits to LMPDWDRB October 4, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Air for Paws, a California-based nonprofit that makes gas masks for animals, has made a donation to protect Louisville Metro Police K-9s ...
Kits to save dogs’ lives donated to Alex City Fire Dept.WSFA September 25, 2018
"Alex City firefighters recently saved a dog’s life in a house fire. The German Shepherd was lifeless, but firefighters brought ‘Adler’ back to life. As a result of their efforts, on Tuesday a California-based non-profit called Air (for) Paws, which heard about their good deed, donated more than a dozen pet rescue kits to the Alex City Fire Department."
Air for Paws by Kimberly EwertzGMHtoday July - August 2016
"Moriyama's non-profit organization, Air for Paws, is living proof of her continued love and dedication to her four-legged friends. The idea began twelve years ago, when Moriyama read about a fire in Seminole County where both a hamster, and a kitten were saved by the use of an animal resuscitation mask."
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