KVC Health Systems collects thousands of gifts for kids in foster care; family comprised of 5 adopted foster kids talk aboutwhy it is important. --LEAD IN--KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS IN KANSAS IS MAKING SURE THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN FOSTER CARE GET A VISIT FROM SANTA THIS YEAR.THROUGH THEIR "HOLIDAY HEROES" PROGRAM, THEY ARE COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM.EMMA JAMES TALKS TO A KANSAS FAMILY THAT KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THESE PROGRAMS ARE: --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS---nats-YOU CAN NOT WALK INTO THE HAMPTON HOUSE WITHOUT HEARING LAUGHTER.Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids (quick): "My older two are 11 and 12 and then I have got a four year old, a three year old and an almost two year old."BEFORE ADOPTING THEIR KIDS - CARA HAMPTON AND HER HUSBAND FOSTERED ALL FIVE OF THEM.Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids (quick): "We wanted to help families in our city, is kinda what it boiled down to."THEIR 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER EMILY REMEMBERS THE UNCERTAINTY SHE FELT IN FOSTER CARE - EVEN AS A LITTLE GIRL.Emily Hampton, Caras Adopted Daughter:"It is scary, I mean you are moving house to house every night I feel like."BEFORE THEIR KIDS WERE ADOPTED - THE HAMPTONS RECEIVED PRESENTS FROM KVC AS PART OF ITS HOLIDAY HEROES PROGRAM.THEY WILL NOT FORGET THE GENEROSITY.Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids: "I know what KVC does and what the volunteers at KVC do with those Christmas gifts helps a lot."TO MAKE THE HOLIDAYS BRIGHTER - KVC ASKS FOR GIFT DONATIONS. VOLUNTEERS BAG THEM, LOAD THEM UP - -NATS-AND TAKE THEM TO KIDS ACROSS THE STATE.Megan Maciel, Director Of Communications, KVC Kansas: "Maybe it is a child in foster care that is moved several times, we have lots of our little ones in foster care that wonder if Santa will be able to find them."THEY SEND OUT NEARLY 21-THOUSAND TOYS TO MORE THAN 3 THOUSAND KIDS AND TEENS.HAMPTON HOPES ANYONE CONSIDERING FOSTERING KIDS WILL REALIZE ...Voice of Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids: "They can do it too."SHE DOES NOT SUGAR COAT IT.Voice of Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids: "It is hard."BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY - SHE SAYS IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.Cara Hampton, Adopted 5 Foster Kids: "They all need the same thing, which is love and significance and stability.//You do not have to be a special kind of person to be a foster parent."HER DAUGHTER HAS ADVICE TOO -- NOT FOR PARENTS, BUT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN HER SHOES.Emily Hampton, Caras Adopted Daughter:"Give it a chance because you never know when something good is going to happen."IN OVERLAND PARK, EMMA JAMES, 41 ACTION NEWS. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----