As the ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ initiative continues to gather meaningful momentum, we are deeply grateful to acknowledge the support of Mr Grant (โBeaverโ) Hobson and Mrs Daleen Hobson of Kenโs Radio.
A well-known and trusted name in Graaff-Reinet, ๐๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ as skilled electricians, certified gas installers, solar installations, agent for various submersible and centrifugal pumps, offering appliance repairs, parts and operating as a DStv agency from their premises at 71 Church Street.
Founded in 1952 by Mr Kenny van Heerden, the business has become something of a local institution, later entrusted to Beaver, who took ownership in 1992 and has continued to build on its strong foundation with the same commitment to service and community.
๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ-๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.
Beaver, an Old Unionite from the Class of 1983, gave richly to school life during his time at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet – serving as Deputy Head and representing the school at 1st team level across multiple sporting codes, with rugby always closest to his heart.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. Beaverโs grandfather, Ted Slater, holds a remarkable place in Unionโs history as the first registered scholar and its very first rugby captain. His mother, Sheila Hobson (nรฉe Slater), continued this legacy, spending her entire schooling career at Union and matriculating in 1951.
๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ saw him serve on the Old Unionite Association committee, including a term as chairman. This proud Union legacy continues through their children, with Kayla (Class of 2016), who served as Deputy Head Girl, and Ryan (Class of 2019), both having walked the same corridors.
At the heart of our school community are families like the Hobsons – whose enduring love for Union, and whose quiet, steadfast support over many years, continue to shape and strengthen all that we do.
Through Goals for Good, the Hobsons have chosen to support the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, an organisation close to their hearts.
As Daleen so sincerely shares: โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ – ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.โ
It is partnerships like these that give true meaning to this initiative – where community, compassion and connection come together in support of something greater. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐.
