Five families celebrate 9 adoptions during National Adoption Day in Ellis
   Five families eagerly waited to finalize nine sets of adoption
   National Adoption Day in Ellis County that saw nine children find
   Dana Holt, the adoption director with Texas Baptist Home for Children,
   family work with the Texas Baptist Home. Once the adoption agency was
   When a family adopts another member, it is called a kinship adoption.
   adoptions, Eric Porter, the founder and president of Backyard Orphans,
   children were waiting for adoption in Ellis County this year. And
   intensive adoption unit, spearheaded the event. She works in a team of
   adoption unit finalized 158 adoptions. Under Locke are seven
   Locke described the adoption day as "amazing," and expressed the
   played a role in the second annual National Adoption Day for Ellis