One woman takes on retail giants to save children's lives
Ashley Haugen nearly lost her daughter after she swallowed what she thought were child-friendly water beads. What began as a personal tragedy turned into a nationwide movement for child safety.
“Change helped me give her something that I would not have been able to on my own: the knowledge that what happened to her matters to hundreds of thousands of people.”
Ashley Haugen, petition starterThrough her Change.org petition, Ashley rallied 100,000 people, gained national media attention from the “Today Show” to “CBS News”, and pressured the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Her persistence paid off when major retailers—including Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Etsy—agreed to stop selling water beads as toys, protecting countless children from harm. Ashley’s willingness to bravely share her daughter Kipley’s story and advocate for change has meant that children’s lives in America will be a little bit safer.
Check out the petition to see how it became so successful.