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Latino kids NEED more healthy food and drink options—even at the zoo.

WATCH and VOTE for your favorite “#SaludHeroes of Healthy Food and Drinks” by Oct. 7, 2015, and be entered in a random drawing to win a FREE T-shirt and jump rope!

#SaludHeroes are:

1st U.S. Soda Tax. Latino leaders like Xavier Morales helped push for a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks in Berkeley, Calif., the nation’s first such initiative.

Start a Farmer’s Market. San Antonio teacher Michelle Griego knew a farmer’s market was missing in her neighborhood—so she started one on her own.

Zoo Food. The El Paso Zoo is capitalizing on the healthy habits of animals to urge people to make proper eating and activity choices.

Wrestling up Salad. Teen wrestler Alexander Castillo started eating healthy, but had few healthy choices at school…until he took steps to add new salad options.

Kids Menu Makeover. City officials and restaurant owners teamed up to add healthier items to kids’ menus in El Paso, Texas.

One Smart 5th-Grader. San Antonio student Praxina Guerra saw her peers eating too much junk food, so she helped bring a hydration station to school.

The #SaludHeroes with the most votes will be announced in an email and a social media messages from Salud America! by Oct. 14, 2015.

Go here to vote, enter the random drawing, and see contest rules.

Salud America! is a Latino childhood obesity network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Salud America! runs a periodic voting contest.