News Release

2022 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar now available Valley-wide!

The artwork of 14 student artists kicks off a new decade in the 2022 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar. The District’s annual calendar, designed to educate and inspire the public to live a Healthy Air Life and reduce air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley, is a full-color, bilingual wall calendar, featuring clean-air messages and drawings of students from throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

The District takes great pride in congratulating the following talented kids featured in this year’s calendar:

  • Aria Delgado, 12th grade, Sanger – Cover artist “Healthy Air Living, Aire Limpio, Vida
  • Sana.”
  • Ian Corder, 5th grade, Hanford – “Don’t burn wood for clean air.”
  • Presley T., 4th grade, Visalia – “Check to decide. Ride or inside.”
  • Liam Donnelly, 3rd grade, Fresno – “Don’t fuss take the bus!”
  • Santiago Plata, 8th grade, Turlock – “Working on our environment.”
  • Evelyn Aceves, 12th grade, Lodi – “Be green, keep our air clean.”
  • Andrew Hernandez, 6th grade, Madera – “We care, clean air!”
  • Hope Fochetti, 6th grade, Hanford – “Drive less for clean air.”
  • Ally Meneses, 6th grade, Hanford – “Turn off the engine while waiting to pick kids up from
  • school.”
  • Julianna Rodriguez, 3rd grade, Fresno – “You can bike or walk to school.”
  • Leah Lidyaev, 11th grade, Madera – “Drive less to help clean the air.”
  • Alondra Castillo-Sanchez, 6th grade, Los Banos – “Don't Burn Wood! Switch to gas!”
  • Angelleeanna Bingham, 12th grade, Lodi – “Healthier Air, Healthier Environment,
  • Healthier World.”
  • Jace Recio, 4th grade, Bakersfield – “When we work together, we make air better.”

The calendars are free and distributed while supplies last to schools, community groups, healthcare facilities, churches, civic organizations, non-profits, and individuals upon request. The public may also visit www.valleyair.org/kidscalendar to download and print their own 2022 calendar.

To request calendars for yourself, your classroom, school or other organization, email public.education@valleyair.org or call (559) 230-6000. Calendars can also be picked up at any District office: in Fresno, at 1990 E. Gettysburg Ave., in Modesto, at 4800 Enterprise Way, and in Bakersfield, at 34936 Flyover Court.

The Valley Air District covers eight counties including San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and San Joaquin Valley air basin portions of Kern. For additional information about the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, visit www.valleyair.org or call 559-230-6000.