There is something deeply comforting about a place built on family – not only family in name, but in values and in the way people are cared for.
That is exactly what one senses at Build it Graaff-Reinet: a business that may deal in bricks and mortar, but whose true foundation has always been people.
Union High School is proud to continue our ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ series by recognising the generous support of ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, a much-loved local business that this year celebrates 20 years of serving the town from its home in Market Square.
Over the past two decades, Build It has become far more than a trusted name in home improvement and building supplies. Under the care of a family management team consisting of dad ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป, son ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ and daughter ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ, the business has grown into something that feels wonderfully rooted in the life of Graaff-Reinet itself – a place where people are welcomed warmly, relationships are valued and community matters deeply.
Their words say it beautifully: โ๐๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.โ
And in truth, that spirit shines through in everything they do.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ – a sincere love for this town and its people that can be felt so clearly. Businesses like this help shape the soul of a community. They stand alongside local families through ordinary days and important milestones alike, and through their quiet consistency, generosity and care, they become part of what makes a town feel like home.
Through their pledge, Build It Graaff-Reinet will be contributing towards Camdeboo Hospice Graaff Reinet, a registered non-profit organisation that provides a holistic home-based palliative care service to those infected and affected by life-threatening diseases, with a particular focus on HIV & AIDS, cancer and motor neurone disease.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐. Camdeboo Hospice serves some of the most vulnerable members of the community with tenderness, dignity and compassion – offering comfort, care and support at moments when it is needed most.
On behalf of Union and our 1st team hockey girls, we extend our ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to Build It Graaff-Reinet for their generosity, their deep love for Graaff-Reinet and their commitment to building not only structures, but a stronger, kinder community too
