Children from Balance Early Education wore orange on Wednesday to acknowledge the work the State Emergency Service (SES) does in the Bathurst community.
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The day marked Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW) Day, which supports the work SES and its volunteers do, as well as makes members of community aware of the many different roles they play.
Bathurst SES zone community capability officer Josh Clark, who spent the morning reading stories to children at the daycare center, said WOW Day coincides with National Volunteer Week.
"WOW Day is where we ask the community to show their gratitude for SES and say thanks to the NSW SES volunteers," he said.
Mr Clark also explained that there's more to the SES to cutting trees up and rescuing people from flood waters.
"I recently joined three months ago and the SES has been really welcoming. It gives a great sense of the community," he said.
"It's an organisation that opens many opportunities and takes on anyone. People think it's all about cutting trees up and rescuing people from flood waters, but there's so many different roles.
"There's roles for everyone, like working on computers, just taking a vehicle to be serviced or even journalists working in a media role."
There are around 9500 SES volunteers from across NSW. They come from all walks of life, with many different skills, interests and backgrounds.
Read more about volunteering with NSW SES at www.ses.nsw.gov.au/get-involved/volunteer/.
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