Peterson Airmen adopt area schools, become mentors and friends to children

Airman 1st Class Shelby Manuelito, 21st Force Support Squadron, finished reading a book to kindergartners at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, and hands flew into the air. The children had questions for her.

“What is your favorite thing to do?” one child asked.

“I like to play video games,” Airman Manuelito said.

There was a collective “ohhhhh,” from the group. And, just like that, Airman Manuelito was their friend. The children liked video games too, they told her.
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