Every good deed should be applauded, but some people simply don’t want the attention that comes with the spotlight – especially when social media can now take away someone’s privacy overnight.
That’s why this group of adults has created an anonymous society dedicated to helping the youth of their struggling hometown.
The Secret Alumni Yellowjacket Society (SAYS) is an organization of adults who used to be residents of Fredonia, Kansas: a “depressed, drug-riddled, low-income area”, said the society’s president, an alumni who also asked Good News Network to remain anonymous.
The president, who now works as a scientist at a university medical center, is just one of a couple dozen members of SAYS – all of whom are successful alumni over the age of 35.
“Most of our members are pretty successful and now are at a point in their life that they want to give back, but don’t want any public recognition,” she told Good News Network. “This is why we will never release our full membership roster. These folks don’t need to impress anyone, we don’t need the recognition and we don’t want any ‘thank you’s’. We simply want to respond when someone tells us there is a need.”
By coordinating alongside a few teachers, counselors, and the Fredonia Unified School District superintendent Brian Smith, SAYS helps to finance whatever academic or recreational resources the teachers and students may need in the struggling Midwestern town.
“It could mean that we purchase sports shoes for kids who want to try out for sports, or teaching aids for teachers, or software that the school district cant afford.
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