Local media are invited to join the District in celebrating the artistic achievements of 14 talented student artists from across the San Joaquin Valley. Their work is proudly featured in the newly released 2024 Healthy Air Living Kids' Calendar and the student’s will be recognized at the Governing Board meeting on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 9:00am in all District offices.
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 is proud to celebrate the following talented kids featured in the calendar:
- Israel Ruiz Medina, 6th grade, Hanford – Cover artist “Plug in for Clean Air”
- Miguel Zapata, 6th grade, Bakersfield – “Start the Revolution Against Air Pollution.”
- Isabel Fuentes, 8th grade, Turlock – “Clean Air = Clean Lungs”
- Calla Martinez, 4th grade, Fresno – “Healthy Air Living, Download the Valley Air app!”
- Delmira Rubio, 11th grade, Stockton – “There’s no place like Earth, let’s clean our air!.”
- Marli Roman, 10th grade, Stockton – “Keep it green to keep the air clean.”
- Bryten Lane, 7th grade, Clovis– “Paws” Pollution, go electric.”
- Mia, 3rd grade, Madera – “Switch your car to an electric one. Yes to battery, no to gas.”
- Evelyn, 7th grade, Bakersfield – “Stop Idling. The smart solution to air pollution.”
- Hector Gomez – “Healthy Air Living.”
- Christina Rodriguez, 11th grade, Kerman – “Carpooling is fun! And helps keep our air clean!”
- Alexander Piña Nuñez, 4th grade, Tipton – “Always recycle and don’t burn trash because it hurts us and the air.”
- Santiago Medina, 4th grade, Hanford – “Keep charging. Keep cleaning our air.”
- Reagan, Madera – “We can all be healthy air heroes”
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, email public.education@valleyair.org or call (559) 230-6000. Calendars can also be picked up at the District office in Fresno (1990 E. Gettysburg Ave.), Modesto (4800 Enterprise Way), and Bakersfield (34936 Flyover Court).
