Blue was Maija-Liisa Corbett's favourite colour. For the people who loved her, making small blue ribbons is a way to honour their friend.
"I want everyone to know she was a really good person," says friend Elizabeth Mofftat. "She was gonna do something."
Natasha Nagra agrees.
"She danced and she acted, she went to school, she had a full time job in the summer," says Natasha. "She was really close with her friends and family, she was an all around good person and that's how she should be remembered."
Maija-Liisa was eating at the Halu sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge, B.C., last Thursday when a truck crashed through the front window.
Her friend Elizabeth Moffat arrived minutes later.
"We were really scared because they weren't bringing her out and they weren't telling us anything," she says. "All the paramedics just had this look when they looked at us."
Maija-Liisa and 46-year-old Hyeshim Oh were killed. The alleged driver has been charged with two counts murder and six counts of attempted murder.
"I don't want people to think of how she died and be really angry cause I don't want to be really angry when I think about it," says Elizabeth. "I want to think about her, and not him."
The ribbons are a fundraiser -- a way Maija Liisa can live on.
Her friends will start a scholarship in her name.
"Someone else who is really active in dance who wanted to go to school too could have a bit of help," says Elizabeth.
"Everybody can wear it and we'll know everybody's thinking about her," says Natasha.
The fundraiser also gives the friends a way to channel their grief.
When we're all together we get through it easier, but when everyone goes home after hanging out it hits everybody," says Natasha.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Shannon Paterson
