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Yuma, AZ – (December 20, 2018).- The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. is proud to announce that this week the 13 drawings by students of this border between San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico and Yuma County, Arizona were selected to illustrate the 2019 Binational Clean Air Calendar.

Ms. Amanda Aguirre, President and CEO of RCBH, said this Initiative is made possible thanks to the collaboration of members of the Binational Health and Environment Council of San Luis Rio Colorado/Yuma County, Arizona, sponsored by the RCBH.

The Cover will feature the work of Fernando Noe Cedillo Juan, from San Luis Rio Colorado’s Luis G. Cano Elementary School: also each month will show the following works:

January- Alessandra Carolina Valdes Oros, San Luis, A.C. San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

February- Yajaira Rios Vallejo, San Luis High School, San Luis, Arizona

March- Andrea Quirarte, Luis G. Cano Elementary, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

April- Evelyn Gonzalez Ayala, Arizona Desert Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

May- Andrea Eiza Sotelo Gonzalez, Profesor Felix Soria Elementary, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

June- Kaylin Charles Fina, Gila Ridge High School, Yuma, Arizona

July- Javier Orlando Alcantara Rocha, Profesor Felix Soria Elementary, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

August- Dana Soto Gerardo, Arizona Desert School, San Luis, Arizona

September-Robert Madrid Crispin, San Luis, AC Elementary, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

October- Brenda Monica Bobadilla Vasquez, Arizona Desert Elementary, San Luis, Arizona

November- Camila Casillas Mancillas, Profesor Felix Soria Elementary, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

December- Aylin Gaxiola, Tierra Del Sol Elementary, Somerton, Arizona.

An award and a check will be presented for the winners and their schools during the next regular session of COBINAS in January 2019 in Somerton, Arizona.

Also, outstanding member of the “Nuestros Angeles de Sonora Marching Band”, Diego Quintero Negrete, will dedicate the Binational Clean Air Calendar, that will be available for free in all the schools in the border by January 2019.

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Media Contact:

Alex Bejarano, Community Liaison & Director of Public Relations 928-315-7910 abejarano@rcfbh.org