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News 8 and our viewers have watched 11-year-old Knolly grow up in the foster care system, but now she's growing out of her wheelchair. In this Adopt 8, our Marcella Lee catches up with Knolly, who has two wishes: a forever home, and a new set of wheels.

A boy featured three times before on Adopt 8 is making another appearance, but this time, he's no longer waiting to find a forever home. Dwayne was recently adopted by a local couple, who saw his story here on News 8 and knew he belonged with them.

Kylee is a 10-year-old who loves to explore nature and the outdoors. And she would like nothing more than a forever family to share in her adventures. 

Many people turn to adoption after struggling with infertility or having biological children first.

You can learn a lot about children, by the way they piece together a jigsaw puzzle. Some might get frustrated, or lose interest, others will stay focused, right through the very end. In Sunday's Adopt 8, Marcella Lee introduces us to a young boy, who shows us he's committed to achieving his goals - and he's hoping his dream of finding a forever home, comes true. 

A collection of photographs designed to touch your heart, the "Heart Gallery" is traveling to local libraries, to raise awareness about the need for adoptive families. 

A local family of eight is so grateful to be starting the new year as an official family.

Two young brothers have made incredible strides since entering the foster care system. 

As families across the country celebrate Thanksgiving this week, one local family is counting their new members. 

A successful adoption story for, not only for the children, but also for their parents who say they weren't sure if they would even be allowed to adopt.   

12-year-old Angelica has been through unimaginable heartache and grief during her nine long years in foster care.  

If you've always wanted to help foster children, but aren't in a position to adopt, mentoring could be the perfect way to make a difference in a child's life.

The tween years are transition years. And they can be even more challenging when you are living without a forever family to call your own.

It was Mother's Day weekend, 2011, when News 8 first introduced you to mom and daughter duo: Kali and Mildred.

It was about a decade ago, when April decided to adopt. The single mom had two biological daughters, but wanted more.

A local 14-year-old girls says if she could have three wishes, they would include: a new cell phone and her own TV in her room - pretty typical for a teenager.

They are a family of nine that gets this question a lot: "They say, 'how many kids?'" said mom Christy.

The family you're about to meet didn't have plans to adopt. But what started as a helping hand for a friend led to a lifetime of love in the form of two little boys. 

A local teenager has less than three years left, before she ages out of the foster care system. But 15-year-old Symphony says she's not giving up hope just yet that she and her siblings will be able to find a forever home to give them the unconditional love they deserve. 

A Christmas morning tradition for many kids includes opening gifts, but a local 10-year-old girl didn't want any presents. All she wanted for Christmas was a forever home. 

The start of the new year brings many new beginnings, and for a local family of six, it marks a big milestone.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and the hope is that the pictures which are featured in the Heart Gallery will speak to the hearts of future forever families and help find homes for waiting foster children.

A local family of eight is giving thanks for the many blessings in their lives blessings that include six healthy and happy children.

For the 10th straight year, the Chargers, Adopt 8, and San Diego County Adoptions teamed up for a special adoption awareness calendar.

It's not something you typically see on the birthday wish list of a 10-year-old girl. But for Lyann, whose birthday is Tuesday, November 1, finding a forever home would be the best gift she could receive.

Twice the joy and twice the love. It's a double blessing for one local family that adopted twins. Daisy and Nando went straight from the NICU to their new forever family. 

They share the same birthday and sense of humor, but these eight-year-old twin boys want nothing more than to share a home. Angelo and Emilio have spent about half their lives living apart from each other. 

The Chargers are all business on the field, but over the summer, Philip Rivers and his teammates took time out to help foster children find a forever home.

In this Adopt 8 segment, we take you behind the scenes of a special photo shoot for the 2017 Join the Team Calendar. 

An eight-year-old girl, who's currently in the foster care system, is hoping her future forever family is reading this story. Jhada loves to swim, play outdoors, create art projects, and she wants nothing more than to be able to enjoy those activities with a family of her own. 

It's been about five years since a local woman named Celeste first thought about adopting. I actually had the honor of meeting Celeste at a charity event back then and she shared with me she'd been considering adoption, but didn't know how to get started or if it would even be the right thing for her.   

A local girl named Taylor is celebrating her 7th birthday this month. At the very top of her birthday wish list is finding a forever family. She says one with a dog would be the icing on the cake! 

Local transgender teen, Sam, is sharing his adoption success story, hoping to inspire others to support transgender youth - especially the children in foster care, who are waiting to find a loving and accepting forever family.

These two siblings showed up dressed to impress for this Adopt 8 segment. These well-behaved siblings are in need of a forever home, and Ariana and Floyd wore their Sunday best just in case their future forever family sees this report.

He's a 13-year-old boy in the foster care system, who has all but given up hope he'll find a forever home. We first met Willis three years ago and the handsome smile we saw back then is something we're seeing a lot less of these days. 

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - If you've always wanted to help a foster child, but aren't in the position to foster or adopt this could be the perfect fit. There's currently a shortage of volunteer CASAs, which as Court Appointed Special Advocates who help foster kids navigate through the court system. As Mia waits to find her forever family, she knows there is one person she can always count on - Jere McInerney is Mia's CASA and the two have shared a number of adventures together, exploring S...

It was supposed to be a temporary home for a little girl named Amy. But as fate would have it, Amy's foster home turned into her forever home. Now Amy and her mom are encouraging more Native American families to step forward, to foster and adopt. 

There's an urgent need to find a forever family for three local foster children. The siblings are living with one foster family right now, but that's only a temporary placement.

A local family is celebrating a major milestone this month with the finalization of two adoptions.

Many foster kids have suffered a lot of trauma and it takes them a while to open up. But as soon as I met eight-year-old Matthew he was chatting away, telling me about the things he likes most and his favorite things to do. 

A local nine-year-old foster child is currently living in an emergency children's shelter. There's an urgent need to find Knolly a home that can accommodate her wheelchair. 

She just celebrated her 12th birthday and has only one wish that she hopes will come true. Ingrid would love nothing more than to be part of a forever family.

It's been a true double blessing for one local family. Twin brothers Parker and Grayson are growing up in a stable and loving home, after facing an uncertain future at birth. 

A local family of three that opened their home to foster children say one special girl stole their hearts. As soon as Ozzyonna joined their family, they just knew she would be with them forever. 

They’re currently living in two different foster homes, but the goal is to reunite sisters Aubrey and Athenia in one forever family. First, I met Aubrey and then it was time to find her little sister, Athenia. Being together makes these girls happy and full of giggles.

They celebrated their first Thanksgiving as an official family this year and they did it in a brand new country. Siblings Caleb, Evelyn and Brady are now living in Russia with their new forever family. 

On Friday, 25 local foster kids officially joined their forever families when a San Diego judge finalized their adoptions.