Launching pad.

A lightbulb didn't go off in Kelsey Bohman's head, but she did get hit in the noggin with a marshmallow. The 18-year-old knows a little fun can brighten up a hospital room. At 11, she was diagnosed with leukemia and spent nearly a year at Denver Children's Hospital. Now, Kelsey raises money by selling

a toy she created--the Good Medicine Marshmallow Launcher, which doubles as a spirometer. Spirometers are used to measure lung capacity--patients blow into a tube to see how far they can move a ball. "We bought PVC pipe at the hardware store, and Mom was messing around and blew a mini marshmallow at me," says Kelsey. "The idea pretty much hit us at the same time." The launchers sell for $8.75 each at kelseyskids.org, and her non-profit organization has raised more than $19,000 for children's hospitals. Also, over 3,000 launchers have been donated to children undergoing bonemarrow transplants. Kelsey says, "I love to hear stories the nurses tell me about kids using the launchers." Kelsey is now cancer-free and studying social work at Colorado State University.

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