There is something wonderfully fitting about a business devoted to cleaning, repairing and restoring choosing to support causes that do the same for a community – ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต.
Union High School continues our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ series by recognising the generous support of Radium – Graaff Reinet.
The connection to Union is a special one: Mr Neill is the father of last yearโs 1st hockey captain, Kenza Neill, while his wife, Tess, serves on Unionโs staff. All three of their children matriculated at Union, with two going on to serve as deputy heads – ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
For many in Graaff-Reinet, Radium is a familiar and trusted name – a business known for the many practical ways in which it helps keep everyday life running smoothly. From dry cleaning, laundromat services and home and industrial laundry, to carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning and car valets, Radium has long offered the kind of reliable service that people quietly depend on. Their specialised mending work includes bags, shoes and boots, saddles and tack, sun blinds, tarpaulins and canvas, while their manufacturing services extend to retractable acrylic awnings, patioshades, shadeports, patio drop blinds, Venetian blinds and vertical blinds.
Through their ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ pledge, Radium Canvas & Cleaning has chosen to support both Clean Trade and GRAWS – two organisations doing valuable work in Graaff-Reinet. In doing so, they are helping to uplift both the environment and the welfare of vulnerable animals, reminding us that community care takes many forms and that kindness is often found in the practical, everyday decisions people make.
Radiumโs involvement is a lovely reminder that businesses are about far more than the services they offer. At their best, they become part of the fabric of a place – supporting families, strengthening institutions and helping good work go further.
On behalf of Union High School and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our heartfelt thanks to ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น and the team at ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ & ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด for their generosity, their loyal connection to Union and their support of causes that are helping to make Graaff-Reinet an even better place to call home.
