BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Creative children with a talent for drawing are encouraged to submit an entry to the Healthy Air Living Calendar contest.
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District is looking for local children to contribute artwork acompanied with a clean-air message for a children's calendar promoting ways we can all live healthy air lives.
The organization will select 14 entries and print 20,000 copies of the calendar, which will be distributed free of charge to schools, community groups, healthcare facilities, churches and nonprofit organizations throughout the Valley.
The contest is open to all Valley students, kindergarten through high school age.
Below is a description for contest entries and rules from San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District:
Guidelines for creating a winning Healthy Air Living calendar entry:
· Paper should be placed sideways, in landscape orientation, so it is 8-1/2 inches high and 11 inches wide
· Artwork should be in color. Medium can be paint, pen, crayon, marker, pencil or even computer-generated art. Vivid colors that reproduce well are recommended.
· Artwork should contain a message about how to live a Healthy Air life. Examples of past messages are “Less cars, more feet,” “Hacer del mundo un lugar major,” “Don’t pollute! Keep the air clean.”
· Bilingual and Spanish-language messages are encouraged.
Fourteen pieces of art will be selected for the calendar. Artists must include their name and address, phone and/or email contact, age, grade and school on the back of the entry. Please mail art flat, not folded, to: 2015 Kids Calendar, Valley Air District, 1990 E. Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93726, or submit your art at the nearest District office.