CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Several veterans visited Gates Elementary School in Chesterfield on Tuesday, sharing stories from their time in the armed forces.

Their mission: to inspire future generations of service members.

One of the veterans attending the event is dear to the 12 On Your Side family.

Terry Wade, a longtime Call 12 Volunteer, said he’s thankful for the opportunity to give back.

“To receive the service that we did today, and to be a coach, a teacher and a mentor to the kindergarteners and the fifth graders,” Wade said. “It’s been a golden opportunity just to sit back and to just embrace this opportunity, and share it with the kids and laugh and just hear their stories, hear what they had to say.”

Wade has been a call 12 Volunteer for more than a decade.

He’s also retire

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