Lake Elsinore students Khloe Contreras and Cadin Gunnell received top awards at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s (Metropolitan) annual bewaterwise.com poster art contest. The students were invited to a recognition ceremony at Metropolitan’s headquarters in Los Angeles on November 18th.
The students were 2 of only 36 students chosen to be honored out of over 10,000 entries from around Southern California. Cadin, who was a kindergartener at Machado Elementary School when he submitted his art, depicted a train filled with conservation devices next to the words “Choo-Choose to use water wisely.” Khloe, now a 5th grader at Luiseno Elementary School, drew faucets raining coins into a piggy bank next to the words, “Conserve, every drop counts!”
“Cadin and Khloe are exemplary representatives for EVMWD,” said Phil Williams, president of the EVMWD board of directors. “It is wonderful to see the message of water conservation being recognized in the students in our service area who have worked so thoughtfully on their artwork.”
Cadin’s kindergarten teacher, Kristy Gunn, accompanied him to the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. “Cadin did a wonderful job conveying a conservation mindset in his artwork,” said Gunn. “It is such a great opportunity to instill at such a young age.”
The art will now be featured on Metropolitan’s 2016 calendar which is available at Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s Headquarters.
For more information about EVMWD’s poster art contest and education programs, please visit www.evmwd.com/education.
EVMWD provides service to more than 133,000 water, wastewater and agricultural customers in a 96-square-mile area in Western Riverside County. The District is a sub-agency of the Western Municipal Water District and a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Visit the EVMWD website at www.evmwd.com for additional information.