Kids Helping Kids Ojai partnered with Bliss Frozen Yogurt last week to hold the charity’s first fundraiser of the year.
During the biweekly town trip, about 20 Ojai Valley School students and faculty made their way to Bliss and splurged on the many flavors to raise money for the nonprofit group, which raises money to help kids in need of support. Students and faculty spent a total of $172, and Kids Helping Kids Ojai received $80 for the cause.
The manager of the yogurt shop was excited to work with the charity, which is run by Ojai Valley School students. Originally the yogurt shop planned to donate 25% of the proceeds to Kids Helping Kids, but the manager was pleasantly surprised by how much yogurt was purchased and decided to donate 50% of the proceeds instead.
OVS senior Natalia Huang, who serves as the Student Council’s Community Service Representative, is in charge of marketing for Kids Helping Kids, and orchestrated the fundraiser. She said she was incredibly grateful for the donations and involvement from the OVS community.
“I’m really glad people are helping, because it’s one of the easiest way to help others,” Natalia said. “The fundraiser can’t happen just by ourselves, it’s collective work and I really appreciate our students and faculty, as well as the people from Bliss who were all willing to work with us.”