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Yuma, AZ – (December 26, 2023).- The Binational Health & Environment Council of Yuma County, Arizona and San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora (COBINAS), which is sponsored by Regional Center for Border Health, Inc., is pleased to announce the selection of the 13 drawings and the Athlete who will illustrate and dedicate the 2024 Binational Clean Air Calendar. Also, 2024 will be the first year Special Education Calendar is launched. 

According to Ms. Amanda Aguirre, former Arizona State Senator, and current President and CEO of RCBH, the objective of this contest is to raise awareness on the importance of taking care of our environment in the region, inviting students to make a drawing with emphasis on air quality, 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) or wildlife. 

“We would like to appreciate all the students and their schools from both sides of the border region, because they did a tremendous job in elaborating the drawings,” said Ms. Aguirre, “it was really difficult to select the winners since all had a nice message about the environment conservation.” 

Ms. Aguirre added that Special Education students contributed to the environmental awareness campaign, too, by expressing bright ideas trough their art.

The 2024 Binational Clean Air Calendar will feature;

• Cover: Alice Castillo, Desert Sonora Elementary School, Somerton, Arizona.
• January: Regina Tonatzin Avila Castro, Escuela Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla #22, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora. 
• February: Manuel Valenzuela Barrios, Desert Sonora Elementary, Somerton, Arizona. 
• March: Kennia Morales Ortiz, Colegio Anglo Frontera, A.C., San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
• April: Stacey Arellano García, Harvest Preparatory Academy, San Luis, Arizona.
• May: Aylin Stephanie Beltrán Moreno, Escuela Primaria Topahue, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
• June: Lia Molina, Desert Sonora Elementary School, Somerton, Arizona. 
• July: Zurisadai Briones Solis, Escuela Primaria Luis Moreno Bustamante, El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora.
• August: Brandon Ochoa Navarrete, Harvest Preparatory Academy, San Luis, Arizona
• September: Miranda Frausto, Instituto Kino Primaria, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
• October: Camila Cervantes, Ed Pastor Elementary School, San Luis, Arizona. 
• November: Juliana Angelique Belen Sánchez, Instituto Kino Primaria, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. 
• December: Francisco Muñoz Ortega, Harvest Preparatory Academy, San Luis, Arizona. 

• This year Miss Teen Achieve National Princess and Miss Arizona Princess Teen Achieve and also Arizona Champion in USA Open in Karate and Kobuto, Perla Huez, 9, is dedicating the Calendar. 

The 2024 Binational Clean Air Special Education Calendar will feature;

• Cover: Sebastian Olvera De Anda, 17, Gila Ridge High School, Yuma, Arizona.
• January: Uriel Jaramillo, 7, Cesar Chavez Elementary, San Luis, Arizona.
• February: Luis Alberto Alcaraz Ruiz, 12, Centro de Atención Múltiple #100, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. 
• March: Italia Samayoa Jacquez, 10, RCBH/ Center for Special Needs & Autism, San Luis, Arizona.
• April: Carter Gettings, 13, Castle Dome Middle School, Yuma, Arizona.
• May: Ulises Jaramillo, 12, Southwest Jr. High School, San Luis, Arizona.
• June: Yeicop Gil López, 10, RCBH/ Center for Special Needs & Autism, San Luis, Arizona. 
• July: Santiago Corona Nathan, 13, Castle Dome Middle School, Yuma, Arizona.
• August: Santiago Vasquez, 13, RCBH/ Center for Special Needs & Autism, San Luis, Arizona.
• September: Samantha Medrano, 11, RCBH/ Center for Special Needs & Autism, San Luis, Arizona.
• October: Sebastian Olvera De Anda, 17, Gila Ridge High School, Yuma, Arizona. 
• November: Ashley Yareli Renteria Quintero, 15, Centro de Atención Múltiple #100, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. 
• December: Sebastian Olvera De Anda, 17, Gila Ridge High School, Yuma, Arizona. 

• The First Annual Binational Clean Air Special Education Calendar is dedicated by Juvencio Rincon, Arizona Special Olympics, Yuma County, Arizona. 

Students and Athletes will receive a recognition in 2024; free distribution of the calendar will be done at participating schools and collaborative agencies in both sides of the border. 

For more Information please contact Miss Cathy Navarro, International Public Relations Specialist with RCBH, at (928) 315-7910 or by e-mail at cnavarro@rcfbh.org. In San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, please contact Mrs. Martha Roman with CEDES at (653) 849-5599 or by email at amanita620@gmail.com. 

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Media Contact: Alex Bejarano, RCBH Public Relations and Marketing Director

928-315-7910 / abejarano@rcfbh.org