Ojai Valley School students were out in force at Ojai Day, with dozens volunteering their time Saturday to take shifts behind an OVS booth selling pottery, greeting cards and knitted goods.
Senior Evelyn Brokering, who is the community service representative for the Upper Campus student council, worked for months to secure the OVS booth for the annual celebration of Ojai arts, culture and community.
Last year, Evelyn set up an OVS booth at Ojai Day for the first time, raising more than $1,000 and donating the proceeds to The Water Project, which provides clean, safe and reliable water across sub-Saharan Africa.
This year, Evelyn wanted even more members of OVS community to be involved.
To make the booth happen, Evelyn decided this fall not to join the OVS volleyball team, dedicating her time instead to the planning process.
“I do it because, first of all, I live in the dorms, and I just want to get out and do something fun,” Evelyn said. “And being apart of one of the Ojai Day booths is pretty cool.”
Evelyn has made this an all school affair, with many students volunteering to work at the booth, and to make knitted goods, ceramic pottery and other goods for sale.
In total, OVS raised $850, an awe-worthy amount, especially as the booth didn’t have face painting like last year, which was a customer magnet.
Seventy five percent of the proceeds from those sales went to the Humane Society of Ventura County, while the other 25% went to OVS Student Council.
All in all, Ojai Day was a hit.
“A lot of people participated, because I made shifts, so people actually showed up, and a lot of people rotated and everybody got a chance to sell stuff and talk to people,” Eveylyn said. “I think it went really well.”
