Ojai Valley School students Zayd (second grade) and Zoey (pre-kindergarten) Davis, along with their cousins, put their evacuation time to good use last week, making and selling bracelets to raise money for an OVS classmate who lost his home to the Thomas Fire.
Thrown together in a Santa Barbara hotel room in the wake of one of California’s most destructive blazes, the youngsters came up with the idea of crafting bracelets of various sizes and colors.
In less than 24 hours, they had sold $53 worth of the handcrafted jewelry, as people ordered online after hearing about the fundraising effort.
“I’m proud of their can-do spirit of generosity,” said longtime OVS English teacher Crystal Davis, assistant head of school at the Upper Campus and proud grandmother to Zayd and Zoey.