12-year-old Chloe Mei Espinosa of Newport Beach, California, loves the ocean and the animals in it. The determined young activist started a campaign to “Skip The Plastic Straw,” in an effort to help keep our oceans free of trash that can hurt marine life.The campaign started as a sixth-grade “passion project” for Chloe, and now it has its own website where people can take a “Skip the Plastic Straw” pledge. Her efforts have been so successful that she has well passed her goal of 500 pledges and even her school district (consisting of 32 schools)is on board and has completely ditched single-use plastic straws! DOWNLOAD THE RAISE VEGAN APPLE APP Espinosa was delighted when her school district agreed to end their use of the plastic straw, which was also partly due to the help of the nutrition services director of her school district, Mrs. Ellis. DOWNLOAD THE RAISE VEGAN GOOGLE PLAY APP Espinosa says she wants to do everything she can to keep the ocean clean for future generations.
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