Chelsea goes orange to show support for our team

Andrew & Vetski getting in the mood for WOW

This week, the Chelsea operational community showed fantastic support for our members by wearing orange on WOW day, Wear Orange Wednesday. on the 9th during this years SES Week that ran between the 7th and the 13th of November.

Bunnings Mentone added orange to the colour scheme for the day

They say that a picture says a thousand words, well following WOW day, I simply have to agree, so we'll let the pictures tell the amazing story of support that has given so much to the volunteers from your Chelsea SES.

Red, Green & Orange; it might just catch on?

These kids from Aspendale Gardens Primary called this "Call The SES"

And this one, "A Crate full of Oranges!"

Andrew & Evette are really trying to win that I Pad 2

City of Kingston Mayor, Ron Brownlees and CEO, John Nevins were right into the orange spirit all right

Not mentioning any names but someone in this picture was having way to much fun as a Red, oops, orange head; however, mu lips are sealed

Bonbeach Primary had a theme of SES In Training, now that's clever

I'd stop if she told me to,especially with that  tough hair

Could these be the latest design SES safety glasses?

I think they've completely taken over

SES taking care of others; now that's a really good message

SES in training, more like SES in waiting, this could be an entire new intake of volunteers

Now that's a whole lotta orange

There were so many people that got behind WOW day 2011 and we can't thank them enough, however, we already have some really exciting ideas that are looking very good for next year so we hope to make Chelsea the Number 1 unit in the State for WOW day participation; but we can only do it with your help, so we hope that Chelsea SES can count on you in the same way that you can count on us.

Edithvale Primary also used the day to raise funds for Chelsea SES with a gold coin donation day

The entire school including teachers got behind the day in a fantastic way

The idea was to cover the outline of the letters SES with gold coins

They raised $390 for which we all say a mighty THANK YOU Edithvale Primary!

Rescue 3 with Tim & Ria  was on hand to add some heavy duty hardware to the show

Chelsea Primary had a fabulous orange glow with their fantastic show of support

Not just the students...Teachers were happy to look silly too

They all looked great

He is already just too cool

I think that there are a lot of people out there that look fantastic in orange

St Joseph's Primary, Chelsea looked great as they took the individual approach to WOW day

It's hard to think that there are that many shades of orange

From tan to almost pink and every stop along the way, hey, it's all orange to me!

Local MP Donna Bauer's office and staff looked great showing their support for the team

Even though Donna couldn't be a part of the picture as she had commitments for the entire day in Geelong, we are sure that she was still wearing orange and was supporting Chelsea SES  at least in spirit if not in person, thanks Donna.

Not all of the organizations that got behind WOW day were able to get their photographs on the day but they were just as involved and we thank them just the same. Here is a list of those that went orange for Chelsea SES in 2011:

The City of Kingston (Many thanks John Nevins and I can't wait to try those orange cupcakes!)

Brad Cann Real Estate Chelsea (Thanks Brad)

Ray White Real Estate Chelsea (Thanks John)

Harrison Holden Chelsea (Many thanks Kevin)

Ritchie's Super IGA Supermarket Aspendale Gardens (Thanks Penny & Jim)

Bendigo Bank Aspendale Gardens (Thanks Russell & Glenn)

Aspendale Gardens Primary School (Sincere Thanks to all of the Students, Staff & Parents)

Bonbeach Primary School (Sincere Thanks to all of the Students, Staff & Parents)

Chelsea Primary School (Sincere Thanks to all of the Students, Staff & Parents)

Edithvale Primary School (Sincere Thanks to all of the Students, Staff & Parents)

St Joseph's Primary School Chelsea (Sincere Thanks to all of the Students, Staff & Parents)

Every volunteer that gives their time for Chelsea SES, wishes to thank everyone involved in this years SES Week events and especially. the fantastic support. shown on WOW day. Like Winston Churchill almost said; never have so many, done so much, to look so silly, for so few.Now that deserves a WOW!!!

An extra special thank you must also go to the Mordialloc/Chelsea Leader Editor, Dimity Barber and her team for their amazing and ongoing support of our unit. When we need to get the message out there, she gets it done for us, every time, which is priceless; thank you so much Dimity and I look forward to working with you for a long time to come.

Chelsea SES always strives to be the best we can and this kind of support certainly make it all worth while. THANK YOU!!!

UPDATE...CHELSEA SES WOW DAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

Students from Aspendale Gardens Primary School receiving the I Pad 2 prize

Chelsea Controller Ron Fitch and member Ria were on hand to present the I Pad 2 prize to the students from Aspendale Gardens Primary School for their winning picture

Students from Chelsea Primary School receiving the I Pad 2 prize

Then it was off to Chelsea Primary for anther I Pad 2 presentation. Keep watching this space for more winners over the next couple of weeks, but well done to Aspendale gardens and Chelsea for their winning pictures.

Ron presents Edithvale Primary with their prize

This Friday it was off to Edithvale primary to present their prize of a $100 Rebel Sport voucher which will be used to purchase sports equipment for the school. Principle Denise and student Ben Hall accepted the prize and plaque from Chelsea Controller, Ron Fitch. Ben was the young man in the tall hat in the centre of the prize winning picture. Congratulations to all at Edithvale primary and we are looking forward to seeing what you can do next year.

St Joseph's Primary receive their prize

Today (8/12/2011) it was time to deliver the last 2 prizes from the wonderful WOW day celebrations. First up it was St Joseph's Primary in Chelsea who will be off for a day trip to the Melbourne Museum. Well done to everyone and thanks to principle, Gavin O'Donnell for being a part of the day.

Last but by no means least, Bonbeach Primary get their Rebel Sports voucher

Our very last port of call was Bonbeach Primary to deliver their prize of a $100 voucher from Rebel Sports which will go to ward buying some new sports equipment for the school. School Principle, Jacqueline Annable and teacher, Nina Taktikos, accepted their prize and commemorative plaque from Ron Fitch to bring WOW Day 2011 to a close until next year when everyone is promising bigger and brighter WOW Day celebrations.