The artwork of 14 student artists from the San Joaquin Valley are featured in the 2023 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar. The District’s annual calendar is a bilingual, full-color wall calendar, featuring clean-air messages and drawings, and designed to educate and inspire the public to live a Healthy Air Life and reduce air pollution in the Valley.
The District congratulates the following talented kids featured in the calendar:
- Sienna Valdivia, 4th grade, Shafter – Cover artist “Kids want to play, so keep our air clean!”
- Evelyn, 6th grade, Bakersfield – “Rideshare for better air.”
- Arella Siret Vidrio Calderon, 11th grade, Stockton – “We need clean air, stop idling!”
- Sebastian Jones, 1st grade, Tulare – “Walking keeps our air clean!”
- Erika Matties, 8th grade, Modesto – “Clean air means we care.”
- Miguel Cabrera, 6th grade, Madera – “Clean our air.”
- Felix F. Hernandez, 8th grade, Arvin – “Switch to an electric car.”
- Tabitha Hitchman, 9th grade, Hanford – “Use electric mowers instead of gas to help clean the air!”
- Millie Murguia, 3rd grade, Delano – “Jog, don’t smog.”
- Milli Johal, 3rd grade, Atwater – “Healthy Air Living.”
- Aranza Garcia Soto, 2nd grade, Fresno – “Check the air before you let your kids play outside!”
- Genesis Esparza, 8th grade, Arvin – “Don’t burn wood. Save energy. Help change the air quality.”
- Elyies Dukes, 11th grade, Stockton – “Clean air.”
- Caitlyn Lee, 6th grade, Fresno – “Don’t burn trash! It pollutes our air!”
The calendars are free, and distributed to schools, community groups, healthcare facilities, churches, civic organizations, non-profits, and individuals upon request, while supplies last.
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.
