>> EL PASO COUNTY HAS ALSO JOINED THIS LAWSUIT. CBS COLORADO DID REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR A RESPONSE. THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION. >>> 25 YEARS AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING IN COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED WANT THE DAY TO BE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 20. >> THEY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE POSITIVE WORK THAT HAS COME OUT OF THAT DAY. YOUR REPORTER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KAREN MORFITT SAT DOWN WITH FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS WHO WANTED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. THE PARENTS OF LAUREN TOWNSEND ARE AMONG THOSE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE. >> REALLY STARTED AT THE FIVE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE. I DON'T THINK I CAN HANDLE THE 13 BEING REMEMBERED ANY MORE FOR THE WAY THEY DIED. >> Reporter: EVERY YEAR SINCE, LAUREN TOWNSEND'S MOTHER, DON ANNA, AND STEPMOTHER BRUCE BECK ADVOCATE FOR A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE THAT FOCUSES ON CHANGE. >> WE DON'T FOCUS ON APRIL 20. WE FOCUS ON WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE APRIL 20 AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT THESE LIVES HAVE MADE. >> Reporter: IN COLORADO, THAT STARTED WITH THEIR PUSH FOR AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT APRIL 20 BE A DAY OF SERVICE. >> WE WERE GIVEN A LOT ON THAT DATE. WE HAD A LOT TAKEN FROM US BUT WE HAD A LOT GIVEN TO US. >> Reporter: LAWRENCE FATHER, RICK TOWNSEND, POINTS TO HIS DAUGHTER'S DIARY AS A REFLECTION OF HER OWN KINDNESS AND HIS INSPIRATION TO GIVE BACK. >> IN THE END ALL THERE IS, IS LOVE. TO SUM IT ALL UP. >> Reporter: HE'S HELPED GROW THE NEVER FORGOTTEN FUND THAT WAS FORMED SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING, PROVIDING 12 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER. TO DATE, $1.5 MILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED. >> IT ALL GOT STARTED WAY BACK THEN AND HAS GONE ON SINCE THEN AND IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR -- WELL, PROBABLY A LOT LONGER THAN I'M GOING TO BE. >> Reporter: TOGETHER THE TOWNSENDS HAVE FOUND THEIR OWN JOY IN SUPPORTING LAUREN'S PASSION FOR ANIMALS WITH A WILDLIFE FUND. >> IT'S REACHED INTO AFRICA. IT'S REACHED ACROSS THE NATION. A LOT OF THEM ARE MOM AND POP ORGANIZATIONS. >> Reporter: WORK THAT HAS ALSO HELPED THEM TO MOVE FORWARD. >> YOU FIND OUT THAT WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR HEART IS HEALED. >> KAREN MORFITT REPORTING FOR US. >>> THE LAURA TOWNSEND WILDLIFE FUND HAS GIVEN AWAY ROUGHLY $400,000 TO DATE. >> JUST INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. THE DAY OF SERVICE CONTINUES TO GROW. THIS WILL BE THE EIGHTH YEAR THAT COLUMBINE STUDENTS AND STAFF, PAST AND PRESENT,
