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DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. – Five year old Kate Thornton lost her battle with cancer earlier this month. But before she passed away, the organization "Kisses 4 Kate" was able to put a down payment on a new home for the Thornton family and grant Kate's final wish of having her whole family under one roof.

From the Little Mermaid on the wall to the stuffed unicorn on the bed. The bedroom was everything Kate Thornton dreamed of.

"She always wanted a princess room and to have her own bed which she didn't have before and she got it," Kate's father Joe said.

Kate was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008 and spent years in and out of hospitals. All she wanted to be in the same house with her parents and four siblings. And just a few days before she passed away, the Thornton family moved into a new home big enough for the whole family.

"I went to get her out of her hospital bed at my parents house, I said 'Kate, we're going home' and she jumped into my arms and said 'We're going home!'," her mother Susan explained. “She was ready and she was able to be awake and actually take in everything and we were able to carry her through the house and she was actually able to and really understand and then just enjoy being here in this room.”

The organization “Kisses 4 Kate” rallied the community to make it happen. Friends came together to move the family into the home in a matter of days and to have Kate's bedroom ready.

"People just rallied right around each other and we're going to help you. We're here and we're here, you can count on us and that's one thing that I initially saw and it just makes me feel just so happy and glad that God is alive and well in our town," Susan said.

And while Kisses 4 Kate was founded to help the Thornton family, organizers Kat Manzella and Kayte Oliver say they will continue on and help families with kids with cancer.

"The whole purpose of Kisses 4 Kate is to help parents function so that they can facilitate the care for their child and that means providing them with anything from financial help, spiritual support, physical support in helping them keep their yard mowed so the homeowners association doesn't come after them," Manzella said.

The Thornton's say they plan to pay it forward and help Kisses 4 Kate in any way they can.

"That would be our dream is to one day have a Kisses 4 Kate as big as a Susan G. and just be able to help so many kids and families get through this," Joe said.

Click here to learn more about Kisses 4 Kate.