Hon­or­ing Vet­er­ans on Our Cam­pus and Up­dates

MISHAWAKA–– On Nov. 11, Bethel’s Din­ing Com­mons hon­ored two of its own Army vet­eran em­ploy­ees and troops around the world. There were cards out for stu­dents to write for Bethel to send out to troops and videos of vet­er­ans play­ing dur­ing lunch. 

Jes­sica Buzza, mar­ket­ing man­ager, said over 100 cards were writ­ten and sent out to troops. Buzza stressed the im­por­tance that let­ters help with the men­tal health of the troops and vet­er­ans. Writ­ing and send­ing cards is an easy, low-cost ef­fort that Bethel makes, but one that makes a dif­fer­ence for the troops. Buzza said that through the videos of vet­er­ans played at lunch, stu­dents are more mo­ti­vated to ac­tu­ally write let­ters, and see­ing vet­er­ans on cam­pus is more re­lat­able.

“[It helps stu­dents] un­der­stand what a vet­eran has gone through,” Buzza said. 

Com­ing up, on Tues­day, Nov. 16,  there will be a Thanks­giv­ing din­ner served in the Din­ing Com­mons and an­other op­por­tu­nity for stu­dents to write let­ters, this time to peo­ple who have made their day.  This award goes to a din­ing com­mons em­ployee in which they re­ceive a cer­tifi­cate and a gift card. 

“[There will be a] canned food drive dur­ing Thanks­giv­ing meal,” Buzza said.

Stu­dents are en­cour­aged to bring non-per­ish­able items to the Thanks­giv­ing din­ner.