Today, 12 children will be getting the Christmas presents they hoped for, thanks to the Gainesville Police Department, the Rotary Club and Walmart.Gainesville police are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Shop with a Gainesville Cop event.“It’s kind of big for us,” police spokesman Cpl. Joe Britte said. “Kevin (Holbrook) and I and the school resource officers have been doing it for 10 years and really enjoy this day.”Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to around 1:30 p.m., with the help of Walmart associates, Gainesville police spent around $265 for each child in need.Today at 11 a.m., Britte said, one of the Walmart employees will dress up as Santa, and a reception will be held in the layaway aisle for the parents as the children are presented their gifts.Parents will be provided boxed meals from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County, and chicken oven roasters from local poultry company Pilgrim’s Pride.“We want to definitely thank Walmart, Rotary Club, Pilgrim’s Pride, Boys & Girls Clubs. We really want to send a huge shout-out to them; they were awesome, and our community in general,” Britte said.Prominent in the news now are images of children with cops, but for dark reason.The elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has sent shock waves throughout the country.“We use this day not only to celebrate with our children, but it makes us celebrate even more that we’re able to celebrate with them,” he said.Remembering the families of those 20 kids who won’t be around for Christmas make it that much moreimportant to support children, Britte said.“A lot of families and moms and dads go to their children and give them that extra hug, give them that extra kiss, say ‘You know something?