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Also, every year an athlete from the border region is invited to dedicate the calendar and this edition will include Sensei Enrique Partida, Black Belt in Karate, instructor member of the Genbu-Kai Shito-Ryu Karate Do Organization and two times US National Karate Team athlete

Yuma, AZ. - The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. (RCBH) is pleased to announce it selected the 13 drawings that will illustrate the 2016 edition of the Binational Clean Air Calendar, sponsored by the non-profit organization based in Yuma County, Arizona, through the Binational Council of Health and Environment (Cobina).

Students from both San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico and Yuma County, Arizona are invited to participate in the annual drawing contest which has the objective to show the importance of recycling and clean air in our region. 

This year, a total of 48 students from Yuma County entered the contest, while 230 students participated from several San Luis Mexico schools.

Elementary to Junior High School level students have to highlight air quality, 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) or wild life. 

“It’s always a pleasure to find that every year the students really bring practical and inspiring ideas on how to bring awareness and the importance of taking care of our environment;” said Ms. Amanda Aguirre, President and CEO of the RCBH, and added “it was really a difficult task to select the 13 drawings among a lot of talented and bright drawings, I congratulate all the teachers and students for their participation.”

The 2016 Binational Clean Air Calendar will include the following student’s drawings:

FrontPage: Lizbeth Yarely Soto Camacho, age 13, Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla 22 San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

January: Alassay Ruiz, 11, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

February: Hector Hernández Soto Habakuk, 15, Instituto Kino, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

March: Fanny Acosta, 11, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

April: Paulina Parra Castro, 14, Instituto Kino, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

May: Juan Madrigal, 8, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

June: Jose Oscar Lara Peralta Jr., 10, Colegio Anglo Frontera, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

July: Alissa Felix, 8, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

August: Jacquelin Felix Gurrola, 15, Instituto Kino, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

September: Danna Melendrez, 11, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

October: Monserrat Partida Martínez, 15, Instituto Kino, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

November: Ayleen Servin, 11, Desert View Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

December: Odet Lopez Pompa, 15, Instituto Kino, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.

Recognition will be given to the winners in January, 2016, during the Binational Council of Health and Environment quarterly meeting to be held in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico.

Also, every year an athlete from the border region is invited to dedicate the calendar and this edition will include Sensei Enrique Partida, Black Belt in Karate, instructor member of the Genbu Kai Shito-Ryu Karate Do Organization and two times US National Karate Team athlete.

The 2016 Binational Clean Air Calendar edition will be ready for free distribution at both sides of the border by the end of this year.

For more information please contact Mrs. Mariajose Almazan, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Ms. Amanda Aguirre at (928) 627-9222 or by e-mail at mrincon@rcfbh.org