The group needs more people to make more blankets.

"Quilts take quite a while to make," Tina said. "We've had people drop off homemade blankets as well. Some people in Harrisburg found out about what we do and donated fleece blankets, or else we would not have had enough for cancer camp this year. We had a Brownie troop from out of the area make a fleece one and ship it to us."

Some of the blankets are custom made.

"We did ask this year to get a boy-girl list and an age range, so we could separate them, so a little boy won't be stuck with a pink blanket," Tina said. "It worked out pretty well. They all get a blanket with a little tag on it, imprinted with the Kelsey's Dream logo."

Blankets made Wednesday will be presented to patients at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

"We'll ship them right out," Tina said. "We can't stop making them because as kids go into the hospital for transplants or treatments, we want to hand them a blanket."

Kelsey Kuhns inspired both young and old with her courage and determination.

"Kelsey loved life. She might have been the sickest child in the ward, but she always cared about others," Tina said. "This is what we learned from her. This is what the foundation does."

Tina says she is surprised by how fast Kelsey's Dream has grown. The foundation is expanding to cover children's hospitals all over the East Coast.

Last year it raised about $25,000 in donations and from products sold. The goal this year is $40,000.

"Kylie is always thinking, What can we do most?' How can we help more children?' Tina said. "She's the real mover in this organization, our dream leader. Of course, it is all a labor of love."

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