Ryanne Cara lived only four short years on this earth, but thanks to the people who loved her, the Luzerne County girl's spirit could impact the lives of countless children in years to come.

Ryanne passed away unexpectedly in December.Now, her community is rallying in her memory to build a playground at the park she loved so her two sisters - 3-year-old Hallie and 2-year-old Ellena - and other children may enjoy it."We used to always walk to that park during the summer, I would push her sisters in the stroller, but she would walk the whole way," Ryanne's mother Vanessa Cara recalled on Friday.Cara's family and friends have formed the Remembering Ryanne Cara Foundation, with the goal of building playgrounds not just in Ryanne's hometown of Conyngham, but hopefully in other areas as well.The public is invited to support the foundation at Ryanne's Ride - an action-packed day with an off-road poker run, more than 100 tricky trays and a live performance from Tommy Guns Band.It will take place from 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. on May 14 at Larock's Grove in Sugarloaf, Luzerne County.While it may seem unlikely for a 4-year-old, Ryanne also loved off-roading.Vanessa Cara recalled how her husband gave her rides on his four-wheeler when she was just an infant. That eventually turned into power wheels, and when she was 4, her own gas-powered ATV."Ryanne started when she was a month old with her dad, and they've always been on them," she said.Then, tragically, just before Christmas, Ryanne's life ended after a short illness. Instead of flowers, attendees at her funeral were asked to bring toys, which were donated to Brandon's Forever Home, a charity for children in foster care.At Ryanne's funeral, her father was talking with his friend Keith Laylo, commercial sales manager at Fairway Chevrolet in Hazle Township, when the idea for the foundation came up. And using ATVs, one of Ryanne's favorite activities, was a natural fit."My husband told Keith, we have to keep her memory alive, we have to keep riding," Vanessa said.Laylo turned the idea into a reality. He enlisted the help of Fairway Chevrolet and businesses around the Hazleton area.He noted how the Caras' extended family, longtime owners of a grocery store in Conyngham, had done so much for the community themselves.The foundation has partnered with the Where Angels Play Foundation, which built playgrounds in memory of each of the children who died in the Sandy Hook School shooting, to build a playground in memory of Ryanne."The focus is on this playground now, but hopefully we will be able to move community to community so more kids have something to enjoy," Laylo said.