“He would randomly bring it up,” Mosley said Friday after the breakfast. “We wanted to do something special.”
Fenwick students were allowed to invite a veteran or active duty military member to the breakfast Friday morning. The event included a performance from the combined Middletown police and fire honor guard, a keynote address from Craig McKee, an Air Force veteran and anchor at WCPO-TV 9 in Cincinnati, and a surprise clap out as students lined the hallways and waved flags as the attendees walked out of the building.
Mosley said some of the veterans “broke down in tears.”
The veterans breakfast was “a day to reflect on the sacrifices they have made to protect our freedom, and a day for all of us to express our deep gratitude for their service,” according to Mosley.
Elizabeth Vossler, 48, who served in the Air National Guard for 25 years before retiring in 2019, was appreciative of the efforts of the Fenwick students, including two of her sons, John, a sophomore, and Eli, a freshman.
“They totally exceeded what I thought,” she said. “We all felt really blessed.”
She called the clap out “really awesome” and “a great surprise.”
Izzy Barbetta, 17, a Fenwick senior, brought her uncle, Mike Beals, retired U.S. Army, to the breakfast. She enjoyed talking to her uncle about his military experience and it was important for the students to share how much they appreciate the veterans.
Colin Guyler, 17, a senior, called the veterans event “heartwarming” because it provided a time to “spark those conversations” between the students and the veterans.
“We all learned so much,” he said.
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