December 6, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Christmas is the season for giving and children who participated in Saturday’s 6th Annual
Regifting Event had a chance to experience that by doing something special for their parents and total strangers.
Regifting, an extension of the Patchwork UC ministry, gives children ages 4 to 12 an opportunity to shop for their parents or caregivers at no cost. The gifts are then wrapped, tagged, and prepared for Christmas giving. Kids also prepare blessing bags to share with others and quilt squares that are later used to make quilts for those in need. Donations are collected throughout the year for this event so that those who can’t afford to buy gifts can still share in the joy of giving by regifting something.
Kim Walker came up with the idea six years ago.
“I started this ministry about six years ago, called the Regifting event. The ministry is called Patchwork UC. We gather gifts for children to come and shop for their parents. They get two gifts one each for a male and female. It can be for their parents, grandparents, or caregivers. We help them wrap the presents and then they make a blessing bag. In the past blessing bags have gone to a women’s shelter, homeless shelter, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, and foster care. This year the blessing bags are for anybody in the community who needs a special blessing. The kids also decorated quilt squares to make a quilt. We are doing six quilts this year. Three for DeKalb County and three for the White County community. We do this because we love God and are trying to show His love,” said Walker.