$500 scholarship for student who designs Valley Air District calendar cover

FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Students from across the San Joaquin Valley are being called to showcase their artistic talent for a chance for their artwork to be featured in the Valley Air District’s 2025 bilingual calendar.

The winners will receive a $100 scholarship check – and the student whose artwork will be featured on the calendar’s cover will receive a $500 scholarship check.

The Valley Air District says all children from kindergarten through to 12 ^th grade are encouraged to take part in the contest by drawing their idea of a healthier future, with a focus on the ways residents can improve air quality.

Previous messages have included switching to an electric lawn mower, carpooling on the way to school, checking air quality before playing outside and not leaving the car idling while waiting at school.

The most recent winning calendar covers are below:

According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the artist whose artwork is chosen for the calendar cover will receive a $500 scholarship check. All other winners will receive a $100 scholarship check.

The rules for creating a winning calendar entry are:

• 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.
• Bilingual and Spanish-language messages are encouraged.

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District says artists need to include their name, grade, school as well as their parent/guardian’s address, phone number, and e-mail on the back of the entry.

Art should be mailed flat (not folded or stapled) to:

2025 Kids’ Calendar Contest, Valley Air District, 1990 E. Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93726, or dropped off at the nearest District office in Modesto, Fresno, or Bakersfield.

The deadline for entries is Friday, Sept. 27.

For more details on the calendar contest, click here .

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