In a small town like Graaff-Reinet, it takes more than expertise to make a difference – ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. Stanley Accounting Services has been quietly blending both for over a decade, helping local families and businesses navigate the complexities of finance while making a real impact in the community.
Union is proud to continue our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ series by acknowledging the generous support of Stanley Accounting Services.

Seen here is the Stanley Accounting Services team with Union hockey players ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ and ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, who recently stopped by their premises in Cradock Street to thank them for supporting their fundraising initiative.
๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐น ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ข๐น ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
At the helm are husband-and-wife team ๐๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ and ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐, who founded the firm in 2010. What began as a small two-person operation has grown into a thriving team of nine – a testament to their dedication, professionalism and the trust they have built within the Graaff-Reinet community.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ. Elaine is a proud Old Unionite and both Arland and Elaine have been actively involved at the school over the years with their children, Lauren and Ross, having attended Union and through service on various governing bodies. Elaine continues to serve on the Old Unionite Association committee, reflecting a lasting and heartfelt connection to the school community.
In line with their values, Stanley Accounting Services has chosen to support Clean Trade through their Goals for Good pledge. Founded by Elaine Stanley and Tia-Mari Jacobs, Clean Trade encourages destitute residents to collect litter and trade it for essential items such as food, toiletries, and pre-loved clothing. ๐๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต.
On behalf of Union High School and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to Arland and Elaine Stanley and the entire Stanley Accounting Services team for their generosity
