Saturday, June 12th is Button Battery Awareness Day!
We encourage everyone to do a Button Battery Search and Clean Out to ensure your homes and places your kids visit are safe. Tell your families and friends to do it as well! Click on the flyer for information on where you can find Button Batteries in your home. There is also a printable for little ones to color while you conduct your search. Post pictures with #buttonbatteryawareness and #reesespurpose!
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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 lived life in a way that most will never know. 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. Every day, we are reminded of just how much we lost - through countless tears when we find something of Reese’s when least expected and sleepless nights seeing her face in our dreams. The greatest cost of all, though, is missing the brightest light in our lives and the immense pain that no family should have to endure. 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. |
