In a heartwarming display of compassion and community spirit,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Representative Council of Learners (RCL) and Interact Club joined forces throughout 2023 to raise an amount of R5 000 for the Graaff-Reinet Cancer Association.
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ.
The RCL and Interact organised various functions that not only brought the school community together but also served as platforms to raise funds for this noble cause. Dances, bake sales and civvies days were among the activities that captured the enthusiasm and participation of the learners. One particularly noteworthy event was the October Cancer Drive, which included a civvies day where learners were encouraged to dress up in support of cancer awareness. Additionally, a Remembrance Board for Ribbons for Cancer was created to honour those who have fought against this formidable disease. The highlight of the drive was Dr. Van Gensen’s Cancer Awareness speech, which dealt with the impact of smoking as a factor in the development of certain cancers as well as the prevention and treatment thereof.
The culmination of these efforts was marked by a heartfelt handover ceremony. Lisakhanye Zonke, an executive RCL member in 2023 and the current Chairperson of the RCL, had the privilege of presenting the raised funds to Mrs Maxie van Aswegen of the Graaff-Reinet Cancer Association.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น. Their dedication, enthusiasm and unwavering spirit of giving have truly made a difference. The RCL and Interact members have exemplified what it means to be compassionate citizens, showcasing their ability to rally together and create change.
As we express our gratitude to the learners for their remarkable efforts, we also eagerly anticipate witnessing their continued endeavors in the future. ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ช๐๐ก๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
