Hundreds of mourners packed Katonah's First Presbyterian Church and spilled out the doors during Saturday's moving service remembering Stephanie Crispinelli.

Crispinelli, 19, was killed in Haiti's deadly earthquake while on a humanitarian mission with fellow students and faculty from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. After an exhaustive search, her remains were found on Feb. 12. Crispinelli is survived by her parents, Lin and Lenny, and her brothers, Michael and Nicholas.

Many mourners sobbed, wiped away tears and laughed as eight friends and family members shared stories about Crispinelli and celebrated her humor, confidence and commitment to helping the poor.

Guests were given blue rubber bracelets with the words "Failure Is Not an Option." Crispinelli gave her brothers similar bracelets before she left for Haiti. They were words the 2008 Somers High School graduate lived by, said friends.

Stacy Bauberger, a friend from Lynn University, said Crispinelli was ecstatic when she returned from her first humanitarian trip to Jamaica. "She had found her passion," Bauberger said.

"She was the kind of girl who would literally try anything," Bauberger said. She recalled a trip to South Africa where Crispinelli got on her hands and knees to help lay a floor made of dung and dirt and how, during one class, she reached into the body of a dead shark and pulled out its liver.

While Crispinelli was passionate about helping people from other countries, she also cared about those close to home.

A family friend, Nick Solazzo, said Crispinelli was one of the few people he felt he could count on when times were tough. "She made me realize that I did belong, even when I felt I didn't," Solazzo said.

Despite her youth, Crispinelli was never afraid to be different, said friends. Mia Mirable, one of Crispinelli's best friends from high school, remembered their first play date in sixth grade.

"She dressed as a cowgirl and played the harmonica all night," Mirable said. "I wondered, who is this crazy girl my mother stuck me with?"

A faculty advisor from Lynn University, Zachary Walker, admired Crispinelli's off-beat sense of humor and her willingness to say and do what most others wouldn't.

Crispinelli once asked him if she could have a couple of packages delivered to his office, Walker recalled. A few days later, a moving dolly showed up and unloaded 20 enormous boxes. When he asked Crispinelli what was going on, she matter-of-factly told him she had collected shoes for the kids she met during a trip to Jamaica.

"That's what Steph would want us to do," Walker said. "To laugh and to serve."

To continue Stephanie's passion to help those in need, contributions can be made to:  Stephanie Crispinelli Humanitarian Fund c/o Westchester Community Foundation, 200 North Central Park Avenue, Suite 310, Hartsdale, NY 10530.