My grandmother taught me the importance of hand-written thank you notes when I was very young. And each birthday, Christmas or milestone where I received a gift she was right there to remind me. It was annoying at that age but I've learned how special it feels to know someone took the time to write and send one. Today, nobody does it so this guy has gone viral for taking 10 hours to make his fellow grads feel special.
High school class president Mason Macuch went above and beyond to show his gratitude to his fellow graduates by writing each of them a personal thank-you note…180 to be exact. The cards were presented during the ceremony at a high school outside Boston.
Mason said it took him about 10 hours to write the cards. As class president, he said he knew most of the students and said a lot of graduates thanked him in person afterward. "I just wrote anything from farewell messages to little memories that I had with whoever I was writing to, or maybe if it was a close friend, a longer message to them." He went on to say "Some people I hadn’t talked to in a few years were just so thankful for them. It was really nice to see that they were just so appreciative of all the hard work that went into them, and it was a really nice way to say goodbye to everyone," said Macuch, who is starting college in the fall and plans to study biochemistry.
"My mom always pushes to write a thank-you note," he said.
Many parents also sent him nice comments on social media.