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Wear Orange Wednes­day aka WOW Day is held on Wednes­day 18 May, and is one way we say ​“thank you” to all our SES vol­un­teers who gen­er­ous­ly give their time to help com­mu­ni­ties dur­ing flood and storm emergencies.

This year, WOW Day activ­i­ties include the annu­al Tug of War event on the lawns of the Alice Springs Town Coun­cil. A mas­cot Tug of War, will kick off the after­noon with local mas­cots; Pad­dy the Platy­pus, Fire Fight­er Max, Hec­tor the Road Safe­ty Cat and Booka Bear going head to head pri­or to teams from Police, Fire and Emer­gency Services.

“Every year we see the our front line offi­cers from police, fire and emer­gency ser­vices pull togeth­er for the annu­al Tug of War shield. This year we’ve afford­ed the same oppor­tu­ni­ty to some local mas­cots, who’ve had been itch­ing to show not just their strength but also their sup­port to our volunteers.

“We’re excit­ed to see how this addi­tion to the line-up will play out, said NTES Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment Offi­cer Colette Ritchie

“Despite their silence and exter­nal cud­dli­ness, we have rea­son to believe they may be har­bour­ing some feel­ings of revenge against each other.” 

The annu­al Tug of War event will be held on the Alice Springs Town Coun­cil lawns on Wednes­day 18 May from 3pm until 5pm.

WOW Day is a nation­al day which recog­nis­es the ded­i­ca­tion and sup­port that SES vol­un­teers give to the com­mu­ni­ty, which include but are not lim­it­ed to; assis­tance in search and res­cues, storm dam­age, aer­i­al search­es, flood res­cues and so much more.