granted , thanks to Dream Foundation and flock of people she has never met . Think of the foundation as Make-A-Wish , but instead of trying to help desperately sick children , Dream Foundation assists terminally ill adults . Keenan 's wedding is a different , more lavish wish than most of the requests the foundation has been receiving in this tough economy . `` People 's needs are becoming basic , '' said the charity 's founder , Thomas Rollerson . `` We are getting wishes just to pay an electric bill , pay the rent , or help keep a promise to go to Disneyland to give them that memory in a time of hopelessness , doctors visits and uncertainty . '' Other dreams are simply for dying family members to be united with loved ones , last visits before last rites . Rollerson explains that with money tight , donors can still help without writing big checks . For example , people can donate frequent flier miles or hotel points . When corporate donors and philanthropists jump in , a Dream Foundation wish can turn elaborate . The foundation 's Web site is a bulletin board of
LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jessica Keenan tried on wedding dresses in a fancy Beverly Hills boutique , about 100 miles from the Santa Barbara , California , clinic where she gets blasted with chemotherapy once a week . Jessica Keenan , 34 , is getting married January 24 , thanks to the Dream Foundation . Keenan is 34 years old and battling Stage 4 breast cancer with faith , hope and a charity called the Dream Foundation , which helps terminally ill adults . '' You get a diagnosis and you never know how short your time is , '' Keenan said . `` I chose to believe there is going to be a cure . You still carry those dreams of getting married , having a kid . '' But Keenan and her fiancé , Curtis Jimenez , could n't afford a wedding -- their finances are sapped by her cancer battle . They rent from friends . Keenan wrote a letter to Dream Foundation , at the suggestion of her devoted nurses at the Santa Barbara cancer center . `` It all just started snowballing , '' she said . Her wish has been