"I love children, and I guess I figured so many needed a home, and we have the availability to give them a home," says Dawn.

A few years ago Savannah Emch, 9, was one of thousands of children ready to be adopted but instead bounced around from home to home.

"Emotionally, it was very hard. You would bond with them, then you would have to get away from them to a different family," says Savannah.

Perhaps the three biggest reasons why families don't adopt is behavioral issues with the kids, the long legal process, and many believe it's just too expensive.

"It's unconditional love. It's open your heart, your home. You don't have to have a mansion on the hill. You don't have to have unlimited money. You have to have love," says Michele Bush, Executive Director of West Virginia CASA.

That combined with a family and a home is the greatest gift you can give someone who doesn't have either. A Charleston family has given Savannah and her younger sister that gift.

"Life is very nice because I know I have a home to call my own," says Savannah.