for her daughter's class last year.

Patton said she has struggled to explain what happened to her daughter, who asked her,  Mommy, why would someone want to take a gun and kill us at school?  Patton said it was a question she didn't know how to answer.

Physical challenges won't keep her from  living with joy 

For several years, Saylor worked with students from Bend High School through the Sparrow Clubs, a volunteer group whose mission is to empower  kids to help kids in medical need  through kindness and community service, according to its website.

In a video on the Sparrow Clubs page, Saylor introduces herself, saying she loves watching Bluey and being around other kids, especially her brother. She said that while she is challenged by physical and cognitive issues, she can communicate with her eyes and a computer tablet.

 I prove every day that I'm a fighter who doesn't give up,  she wrote in the video.  Living with CASK-related challenges is full of unknowns, which can be very hard and scary for my whole family,  she said,  But it doesn't keep me from smiling, laughing and living with joy! 

Some of the high school students who worked with Saylor said helping her gave them hope that there is still humanity in this world.

After the shooting, she was taken to a hospital in Portland. A GoFund Me for her family has raised almost $400,000.

 We will not let her name be forgotten 

Devon Johnson visited the memorial outside the school Saturday morning. Her husband teaches at Bend High School, and she is a volleyball coach at High Desert Middle School, so they are close with many of the staff at the elementary school.

 It's just hard to take in,  she said.  I'm so glad to see that Bend is rallying and just wrapping their arms around this community, but it's going to take a long time to get through this. 

Heidi Wood, the director of the Central Oregon Volleyball Club where Lambert coached, said in a social media post that she was  an amazing coach, an amazing teacher  and  an amazing person who would do anything  for her students.

 To the shooter, she would have given you the shirt off her back,  Wood said.  But you didn't give her a chance. 

Wood said that Lambert wouldn't take her volleyball coaching pay in her first year so the money could be used for scholarships for players who couldn't afford to play instead.

 That was her, and that is her,  Wood said.  We will carry on her love, her passion, and we will not let her name be forgotten. 

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Bellisle reported from Seattle. Associated Press writer Haven Daley contributed to his report.