Air District Kids’ Calendar Art Submissions Sought

Attention all educators and parents: Empower your students with crayons, markers, and enthusiasm. The 2024 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar Contest is now underway in the San Joaquin Valley. Ignite the artistic spirit in K-12 students and let their vision of healthy air living shine.

Deadline for calendar entries is Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Selected entries will be a part of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s bilingual calendar, showing how individuals can help improve air quality and quality of life for all Valley residents. The District is committed to distributing calendars among schools, community organizations, healthcare facilities, and other clean-air partners, as in years past.

Winners will receive a variety of prizes including gift cards and printed calendars for distribution. Guidelines for creating a winning Healthy Air Living kids calendar entry include:

Paper should be placed in landscape orientation, so it is 8-1/2 inches high and 11 inches wide.

Artwork should be in color and produced by paint, pen, crayon, marker, colored pencil or even computer-generation. Vivid colors are recommended.

Artwork should contain a message about how to live a Healthy Air Life. Examples of past messages include: “Switch to an electric lawn mower,” “Be cool and carpool when going to school,” “Don’t burn wood, switch to gas,” “Please don’t idle while waiting for the kids at school.”

Bilingual and Spanish-language messages are encouraged.

Artists need to include their name, address, phone number, e-mail, age, grade and school, on the back of the entry. Please mail art flat, not folded or stapled, to: 2024 Kids’ Calendar Contest, Valley Air District, 1990 E. Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93726, or drop off your entry at the local District office in Modesto, 4800 Enterprise Way.

For an example of this year’s calendar and additional information, visit www.valleyair.org/kidscalendar. For questions about the contest, email [email protected] or call the Modesto office at 209-557-6400.