"He has a plan and I have a purpose"
Our goal is to advocate to protect children from hidden dangers and threats to their safety.
In the years following our tragic loss of Reese, we have been actively engaged in passing legislation to protect against the hazards of button batteries. While we continue to advocate and educate about the dangers of these products, we are also expanding to help fight for change with other hazardous children’s products. Our goal is to help prevent other families from the same pain and suffering we have experienced.
Changing the world is possible. We’ve done it before.
Reese Elizabeth Hamsmith, known affectionately to those closest to her as ReRe, was born into this world a spunky, sassy, full-of-life little girl on June 13, 2019. At only seventeen months old, Reese took the attention of an entire room the moment she walked in with her spirited demeanor and inquisitive attitude. She loved hard, played hard, and fought harder.
Reese swallowed a button battery in October 2020; she endured countless surgeries and scopes and was intubated under sedation for 40 days. Reese lost her fight on December 17, 2020, at just 18 months old.
A Life Full of Love, Courage, and Purpose
We always knew Reese would do big things in this world. In Reese’s hospital room sat a plaque that read, “He has a plan, and I have a purpose.” Her Earthly battle may be over, but her true battle, her true plan, and her true purpose has just begun.
Through sharing her story, we can save lives – that’s Reese’s Purpose.
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary. But what is unseen is eternal.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:18
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