Yuma, Arizona– 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 2023 Binational Clean Air Calendar.
According to Ms. Amanda Aguirre, former Senator of Arizona, 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 giving us their drawings,” said Ms. Aguirre, “it was really difficult to select the drawings since all had a nice message about the environment conservation.”
The results are as follows:
Cover: Camilo Casillas Mancillas, Escuela Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Número 22, of San Luis Río Colorado.
January: Anthony Hernández, Desert Sonora Elementary, Somerton, Arizona.
February: Marian Regina Villegas Avilés, Instituto Kino, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
March: Lia Ximena Molina Rodríguez, Desert Sonora Eleentary, Somerton, Arizona.
April: Laily Zoe Cabanillas Escobedo, Escuela Primaria Vicente Guerrero, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
May: Aidaly Rodríguez, Desert Sonora Elementary, Somerton, Arizona.
June: Antony Castillo, Instituto Kino, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
July: Daleyza Figueroa Hernández, Escuela Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Número 22, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
August: Montserrat Raygoza Russo, Escuela Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Número 22, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
September: Lucía Hernández Angel, Kofa High School, Yuma, Arizona.
October: Diana Arlethet Villa Castro, Instituto Kino, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
November: Jimena Abundis G., Desert Sonora Elementary, Somerton, Arizona.
December: Karol Marian Ceniceros Santos, Colegio Bilingüe San Luis, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
This year the World Champion of Kick Boxing in Muay Thai style, José Alberto Tirado Acosta, 23, from El Golfo de Santa Clara, in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, is dedicating the calendar.
Students and the athlete will receive a recognition in January 2023, during the first quarterly COBINA meeting; free distribution of the calendar will be done at participating schools and collaborative agencies in both sides of the border.