Goals For Good

Graaff-Reinet has always been a town that rallies behind its own. This year, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 1st team hockey girls are inviting our community to be part of something truly special, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.

As our girls prepare for an exciting 2026 season, they wonโ€™t just be playing for results on the scoreboard. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜.

We are proud to launch our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— pledge campaign – a heartfelt partnership between our Union hockey girls, local businesses and the charities that serve our town.

โžก๏ธ Hereโ€™s how it works:

Local businesses pledge R100 (๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜™20) per goal scored by our 1st hockey team throughout the season, with the option to ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ for the season.

At the end of the season, the total pledge is calculated – and then the following happens:

โ€ข ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (๐—ก๐—ฃ๐—ข) ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

โ€ข ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ – supporting equipment, coaching travel and player development

That means every single goal scored in 2026 becomes a goal for our community too.

But weโ€™re not stopping there.

Each sponsor and their chosen NPO will receive ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป – because we want to celebrate the businesses who back our girls and shine a light on the incredible organisations doing life-changing work in Graaff-Reinet and beyond.

Even more importantly, our girls will make it their mission to personally connect with the NPOs during the year. They want to visit, learn serve and give back where they can. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜.

This initiative is about more than fundraising.

Itโ€™s about raising young women who understand gratitude.

Itโ€™s about strengthening the bond between school and town.

Itโ€™s about turning sport into service.

Some matches may end goalless. Others may see the scoreboard light up. But whatever the result, we know this:

Every goal will stand for something greater.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ – thank you for always supporting Union.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฃ๐—ข๐˜€ – thank you for the quiet, powerful work you do every day.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ – thank you for raising girls who play with heart.

Letโ€™s make 2026 a season where every goal truly is a ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐Ÿ’š

If you would like to pledge your support or find out more, please reach out to us directly at ushmarketing@unionschools.co.za or via WhatsApp at 061 310 8343 or respond on the following link: https://forms.gle/V3BMwrAsAudd8wYv8