From the hands of babes

For the second year in a row, the Monterey County Health Department held Stay Healthy Poster Contest for children in Kindergarten through 8^th grade. Alyssa Peña Ceja, a Salinas 5th grader, drew one of the winning images of a bar soap facing an open water faucet and the admonishing "Wash your hands" (my favorite last year was the "vampire cough")

Children from all over the county are invited to use their artistic talents to create posters to highlight good and healthy habits, such as hand washing and eating healthy.

“The children captured the health messages with imagination and color," said Dr. Hugh Stallworth, Monterey County Health Officer, “It is my hope, the children’s messages will remind all of us to take some simple steps to keep our community healthy.”

The winning designs will be featured in the 2011 – 2012 Stay Healthy Calendar. Three designs will be reproduced as posters and one as a magnet.

To see all of the winners, click here.