There are some businesses in a town that become part of the rhythm of everyday life – the places people pop into for the essentials, the familiar faces behind the counters, the stores that quietly help keep homes running and communities connected. For around 30 years, SPAR has been one of those constants in Graaff-Reinet.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is deeply grateful to continue our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ series by recognising the support of ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ and ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ.
Today the stores are owned by ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ and ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ, whose leadership reflects a deep commitment not only to good business, but to the wellbeing of the community around them. Together, the two stores employ 115 people from Graaff-Reinet – ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
Recently, Union hockey girls ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ and ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป popped in to personally thank the SPAR team for coming on board in support of the girlsโ journey through Goals for Good.
What makes this partnership especially touching is the charity SPAR has chosen to support: the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. For 53 years, this remarkable local association has been serving cancer patients and their families with compassion, dedication and quiet strength. Made up of volunteers, the organisation walks alongside patients on what can be an incredibly difficult journey, offering practical help such as meals and linen, while qualified counsellors provide emotional and psychological support when it is needed most.
They also assist with travel and accommodation for patients who need to leave town for treatment – easing some of the burden during an already overwhelming time. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ – ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
That is what makes the Goals for Good campaign so special. It is about more than goals scored on a hockey field. It is about linking the energy and determination of young sportswomen with the generous hearts of local businesses and the important work of charities that care for the people of Graaff-Reinet.
On behalf of Union High School and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to Frikkie and Martinette Coetzee, and to the teams at Spandau SuperSPAR and Camdeboo SPAR, for their generosity, their faith in our girls and their continued investment in the community we are so proud to call home
