Students at a California school will be taking their vitamins in a tastier, squishier way soon, courtesy of Mayor Lewis Billings and Agel Enterprises.

"That's what my council wishes would happen to me," Billings said while holding the portrait.

Dulce and her classmates made flat versions of themselves to send to governments, sports teams and landmarks as a way to learn about the country. Sheila Baldwin, Dulce's teacher, said she has used the learning tool for different age groups, with third-graders sending their drawings to their community, fourth-graders to their state and fifth-graders to people around the country.

"I've done it for 10 years now, and I base it on the California standard for social studies," she said.

After the students send their drawings far and wide, they return with pictures of where they've been. Some students have received pictures of their drawings with teams, and one student received a scrapbook made by a park ranger.

Provo's Agel Enterprises is donating gel vitamins in Dulce's package.

In return, Baldwin said the class sends a thank you card on an enlarged postcard of the city's fire department. The city is more than 100 years old, and the interaction helps the children and recipients of the drawings learn about each other.

Flat Dulce was sent to Billings, who has taken her to meetings and events and has taken pictures to send back to Dulce's class. Flat Dulce was a guest at this year's State of the City, taped to the podium in front of Billings.

The mayor's office gets letters from all over the world, Billings said, but receiving Flat Dulce was fun for the office. Although the drawing has traveled with the mayor for different events, Billings said his staff has been involved in the project and enjoys taking her around.

Flat Dulce has also visited Germany recently to have her picture taken with the lord mayor of Meissen, Provo's sister city. A new link on the Provo Web site includes Flat Dulce's story, as well as a downloadable drawing. The site encourages Provo residents to take the drawing with them and send pictures to the mayor's office to include in a package for Dulce and her class in March.

Billings visited Agel Enterprises in Provo with Flat Dulce on Tuesday and received a donation of nutrition supplements to send to Dulce's class. Agel manufactures vitamin supplements in gel form and donated four boxes for Dulce's class members to try.

Andrew Pete, public relations specialist for Agel, said he learned about Flat Dulce after talking to Billings at the State of the City. Pete said he thought the project would be fun for the company, and the children would enjoy the gel alternative to vitamin pills.

"As a community member, we wanted to send something to them along with the city," he said. "Since (Billings) has come to Agel and Agel is part of the community, we wanted to link Covina to Provo, Utah."

Each student in the class will be receiving their drawings back from around the country, and they will surely be comparing their letters, Billings said. With the many pictures and contributions from Provo companies, she will have an impressive response from the city.

"It'll be quite a fun box when she opens it up in front of her class," Billings said. To learn more about Dulce and her travels with the mayor, visit www.provo.org/mayor.flatdulce.html.