Four Peaks' Trading Flags

Each and every Rotary Club around the world is in charge of creating their own unique trading flag.  These flags are exchanged between clubs when traveling Rotarians visit other clubs for the first time.  Remember to ask our club president or secretary for a club flag if you are planning an exotic trip.

During our first year we designed our club's trading flag, which is now hanging in Rotary Club meeting rooms throughout the world.  The running joke is it took longer for our members to agree on this simple design than it took our nations founding fathers to create the "Stars and Stripes".  We chose a simple graphic depicting our local landmark- the Four Peaks mountains.  We use leather and copper as materials, in recognition of our local cattle ranching and mining heritage.  The saguaro cactus is unique to our American southwest desert region.  The "rising" Rotary emblem represents the fact we love to get up early for weekly club meetings!

The following club flags are in our possession:

US TRADING FLAGS:

Alaska- Fairbanks, Hillside-Anchorage
Arizona- Clifton-Morenci, Fountian Hills, Phoenix Arcadia, Camelback, Pinnacle Peak, Scottsdale North, Mesa East  (Dick B.,  Jim R.,  Linda W.,  Paul P.)
California- La Mesa, San Diego
Hawaii- Kona (Vicki's Guest)
Idaho- Sun Valley, Kaniksu Sunrise (Tuttles)
Illinois- Schaumburg
Maine- Bath, Freeport, S. Portland-Cape Elizabeth, Oxford Hills, Windham, Westbrook-Gorham (Dick G.)

Tuttles Take Tasmania! The Tuttles brought back a barrelful of banners from their        big Australia Tour of 1999.

Michigan- Grand Blanc, Hillsdale, Litchfield, Reading, Sault Ste. Marie (Larry C., Jim R.)

Minnesota- Coldwater, Minnetonka Plymouth
Nebraska- David City (Dale Schmidt)
New Hampshire- Lincoln-Woodstock, N. Conway
New York- Auburn, Aurora, Ithica, Moravia (Roy & Pat Tuttle.)
North Carolina- Beaufort
Oregon- Bend, Lincoln Ciy, Tillamook, Newport (Reece S.)
Texas- Austin, Killeen-Heights
Washington- Everett, Seattle Industrial

Wisconsin- Appleton West, Superior, Tomah  (Dennis R., Ken)

WORLD TRADING FLAGS:

ASIA
India-  Agra, Agra North, Delhi North (Don F.)
Japan-  Ena (Kristina O.)
Pakistan- Lahore Shaheen (Don F.)
Singapore- Singapore (Don F.)

AUSTRALIA/SOUTH PACIFIC
Australia- Alice Springs, Cairns Sunrise, Cairns West, Mackay, Mandurah Districts  (Roy & Pat T.)

EUROPE
Austria- Ausseerland, Badgastein, Kitzbuhel, Kufstein, Schladming, Villach, Wien  (Reece S.)
Belgium- Wezembeek-Kraainem (Sophie B.)
Brussels- Foret De Soignes
Denmark- Kobenhavns, Esbjerg-Fano
England- Arbury, Edgbaston
Germany- Bad Reichenhall, Baden Bei Wien, Berlin-Grandenburg, Kronberg-Oberursel, Paderborn, Reutlingen-Tubingen (Reece S.)
Italy- Bergamo, Como (Reece S.), Lecco, Merate Brianza- (GSE 2000 Visitors-Linda W. Chair)
Liechtenstein- Liechtenstein (Reece S.)
Netherlands-  Rotterdam (Dick B.)
Scotland- Currie Balerno
Spain- Girona (Cheryl M.-her Youth Exch. Club)
Switzerland- Luzern Wasserturm, Sierre (Reece)

NORTH AMERICA
Canada- Invermere, Prince Edward Island, Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Ste. Marie North, Summerside Prince Edward Island
Mexico- Cabo San Lucas (Reece S.), Celaya Centro, Hermosillo

SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina- Villa Regina

Foreign Exchange Flags

Upon her induction into our club, Cheryl Murray presented this flag, (right), from Girona, Spain.  This was the flag given to her by her host club when she served as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in the 1980s!  Cheryl had some very unique and interesting experiences as an American exchange student in post-Franco Spain.  She told us a few of her nerve-racking Spanish stories during a special club program.  This flag is certainly our club's "Hardest Earned" to date.  Be sure to greet Cheryl with a hardy "Hola!"  and "Ole!".