IT'S a familiar sight in Bathurst in early September: local high school students wandering around the CBD with Legacy merchandise to sell for the most worthy of causes.
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Along with reports of magpie swoopings and the countdown to the outdoor pool opening at the Bathurst Aquatic Centre, it's a sure sign that spring has started in the city after the long, challenging winter.
The merchandise has arrived and Bathurst Legacy members have been in their office at the Bathurst RSL Club this week sorting through it and preparing for what is their biggest fundraising event of the year.
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Legacy Badge Day, which will be held on Friday, raises money to support Legacy widows and dependants in the Bathurst region - of which, according to Geoff Woolfe, there are more than 120.
Mr Woolfe, the secretary of Bathurst Legacy, said the group looks after those who need a helping hand.
Bathurst Legacy's fundraising this year will be split into three parts.
A table will be set up outside Blooms The Chemist in the Armada Bathurst centre on Thursday and Friday where Legacy items, predominantly bears, will be for sale.
On Legacy Badge Day on Friday, student volunteers will be in the CBD selling badges, armbands, pens, bears and other items.
And Friday night will be the Bonham Safari, in which Legatees go around the city's hotels collecting money for the cause.
It is named in honour of late Legatee Harry Bonham, a World War Two digger on the Kokoda Track who did the run around the pubs by himself for a number of years.
Bathurst Legacy president Arthur Drury said the local Legatees will be operating out of the Bathurst Senior Citizens' Centre as they direct the fundraising operations on Friday.
The strength of the Bathurst Legacy organisation was shown earlier this year when around 180 people attended the annual changeover dinner, in which the achievements of the past year were recognised.
