The Bring Bri Justice Foundation began early in January 2008 when the young co-ed went missing. These days two and a half years later, the foundation has a store front and much loftier goals.

The day after the trial the Bring Bri Justice Foundation wants people to know they are and will still be around for years to come. Only the focus of the foundation has changed.

“Finding our way, what we were going to be about how we were going to carry Brianna's name and not let her die in vain,” says Lauren Denison.

Thousands of local residents volunteered their time to find the 19-year old. This is why part of the foundation's goal is to work with local law enforcement and be that "go-to" location for people to come and find out what they can do to help locate a missing person.

“It may be as simple as putting up posters or that nature, its going to get the information out there much quicker,” says search center director Mike Sprinkle.

“So we anticipate in the next year we'll have a luncheon and potential golf tournament,” says Mary Ann Brown who is in charge of fundraising for the foundation.

Brown says those are just a couple of the ideas to keep funds coming into the non-profit foundation to pay for the foundation's every day expenses. But she knows they need to raise even more funds in the coming months to help bring awareness to a proposed legislative bill that they turned into law.

“Do everything in our power to make sure this doesn't happen to another family and one really good ways to stop that from happening is to have as much DNA in the data base as possible,” says Valerie Van Antwerp, vice president of the foundation.

To accomplish that the foundation wants those arrested for a felony to be required to submit their DNA.

It won't be easy as many question the constitutionality of such a law as a felony arrest is not a felony conviction.

After the trial expect to see a full court press by the foundation next year during the legislature as board members and others push for mandatory DNA testing.