09.27.2008: Hundreds ride for Emily Keyes on anniversary

09.27.2008: Ride remembers Emily

09.30.2008: 3rd Annual Emily's Parade Draws Thousands

10.03.2008: Kindness Day, Emily's Parade honor Emily Keyes

Emily's Parade and Run, 09.29.2007
The 2nd annual motorcycle ride from Columbine High School to Platte Canyon High School, now named, "Emily's Parade," had more than 1600 participants, and included a memorial run from Golden to Platte Canyon High School.

09.04.2007: Emily's brother to make 38-mile run with SWAT Team

09.29.2007: Community Runs, Walks, Rides for Emily Keyes

Columbine to Canyon Ride, 10.07.2006
Many amazing and spontaneous Acts of Kindness arose in response to the Platte Canyon shooting. A notable early event was the motorcycle tribute ride from Columbine High School to Platte Canyon High School, held on October 7, 2006. The official crowd watchers stopped counting at 2500 riders, with only one of three parking lots cleared! Some of the coverage of the ride...

10.07.2006: Emily Keyes loved parades, friends said, and the 16-year-old would have loved the Columbine to Canyon Ride on Saturday.

Donation Awareness Fund
Organ and tissue donation has emerged as an important part of Emily's gifts to the world. At the beginning of 2007, the Keyes family joined with Donor Awareness Council to help support the legislation to reauthorize the Colorado Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund, now named in honor of Emily. Colorado legislators were extraordinarily supportive through many hours of testimony and consideration of the bill.

01.17.2007: The parents of Emily Keyes came to the Capitol today to testify in support of continued funding for organ and tissue donations.

06.06.2007: Emily Keyes Still Giving

Show Us Your Heart
Valentine's Day, 2007 was snowy and cold, but the meeting between one of Emily's cornea recipients and the Keyes family was warm at the party held in honor of her gift...

02.14.2007: "You're part of our family."

Memorials/Events
There have been many reminders of the power of Emily's message and her legacy of love. Here are a few examples that made the news...

10.01.2006: Keyes' memory etched in mother

11.21.2006: Medals gilt with tears

12.12.2006: Near the field where a grieving community gathered to honor the sweet memory of a 16- year-old girl robbed of her life, a healing community gathered to gratefully honor the bravery and selflessness of those who tried to save her.

09.27.2007: One year later... most of the town turned out to remember.

PCHS stories
Platte Canyon High School is an amazing school. The students and faculty at PCHS have rallied after the shooting, and continue a tradition of greatness that will continue. Go, Huskies!

09.29.2006: Running with grief-stricken hearts

10.03.2006: Getting back in game

10.04.2006: Game aids healing for family, Bailey

05.02.2007: Tragedy's lessons find eager scholars

06.02.2007: Platte Canyon High School's 2007 graduation

Platte Canyon High School Students build tribute to fallen classmate

CBI Report Release Statement
Much was learned from the the Columbine High School shootings, and it was clear that the Keyes' response to the first responders' actions at Platte Canyon High School, on September 27, would be pivotal to allowing the community to heal, especially when the initial CBI summary report was published...

03.27.2007: Keyes family statement on release of the CBI Summary Report

03.27.2007: Keyes family praises officers

03.27.2007: Report on Platte Canyon shooting released

Fred Wegener
Someone who was unexpectedly thrust into the limelight as a result of the PCHS shootings is Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener, who emerged as a true hero. His easy style and frank approach to the media earned him much praise.

12.26.2006: Small town sheriff shines

Miscellany
Hundreds of stories and thousands of words have been written about the events in Bailey. A few provide reminders of the resilience of this town and its residents...

09.28.2006: Emily Keyes, 16, had worked for two years at the cafe, where colleagues and friends recalled her as a vivacious, hard worker who was always smiling.

09.29.2006: Columbine dad praises Bailey effort

10.01.2006: Emily's legacy: acts of kindness

02.14.2007: Teen killed at Platte Canyon give new sight to others

03.28.2007: Bailey, six months later

Amendment 39
Schools shouldn't become prisons for children. An early response to the Platte Canyon events was to mandate that each school to spend a portion of its budget on security measures. Ellen Keyes took a stand in the public forum against what seemed to be a loss of local judgment and responsibility.

11.01.2006: Mom fears for school security

11.04.2006: Bill sponsor responds to Keyes' comments

11.08.2006: Amendment 39 is defeated by voters

Special Thanks to Lee Shaughnessy for assembling this page.