Arizona students collecting supplies for California school destroyed in Eaton Fire [Video]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — After Aveson Charter School in Altadena, California, was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, a Phoenix charter school is stepping up to “adopt” the students and staff from the school that burned to the ground.

Just a couple of weeks ago, there were no known connections between the two schools.

Still, third-grade teacher Lisa Somers saw the devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires and posted on social media asking if anyone knew of a school that was impacted.

“When I saw the school and what had happened to the school, my heart felt for those kids,” said Somers.

Somers and her students at Freedom Academy in Phoenix started talking about the fires and their impact. That’s when Somers said the students came up with the idea of trying to collect school supplies to send to Aveson Charter School.

“They came up with the idea. They were the ones that motivated me to email [Aveson’s Executive …