Our guest speaker today was our own Swati Puri , who ‘s company, TEJ Brothers, does a great job of manufacturing pins and other regalia for the members of Rotary International .   Swati was born and raised in Duarte and attended local schools. She graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a degree in Marketing. Swati is a marketing/intake coordinator for Comfortcare Senior Services and a relatively new member of Arcadia Rotary. Her passion is volunteering and she has already demonstrated much interest in the work done by Rotary. She also works marketing her family’s business which makes incredible looking Rotary pins, many of which she has personally designed. Each pin design must be formally approved by Rotary International prior to marketing to members. The TEJ Brothers company has manufactured trophies and plaques for over forty years and is one of only twenty approved vendors supplying decorative and themed pins to RI’s members. The company attends international conventions and assemblies as well as district conventions to show their latest wares. The pins are made of a soft enamel and engraved with many of the Rotary themes, i.e., “Peace Through Service”, “Building Communities”, “Light Up Rotary”, and next years theme, “Be a Gift to the World”. The company also makes motivational pins, fun pins, officer and director pins, even Interact and Rotaract pins. Their number one best seller is “Women in Rotary”, which depicts three women of different cultures, which are in bright colors.   Some of their newest officer pins include for Club President, a Gavel pin, for Secretary, a Feather pin, and for Treasurer, a Key pin. Interestingly, Rotarian officers in other countries often ware hanging pins such as an Army Medal would look like. Swati also offers many accessories such as; writing pens, keychains, business cards holders, earings, cufflinks, coat buttons, and silk ties, all with the Rotary Logo displayed. One of Swati’s latest creations is a Rotary “4 Way Test” Clock , which prominently displays the four way test along with the Rotary insignia and base. There is no doubt that Swati Puri is a marketing dynamo, who loves what she does and helps seniors along the way. Thank you, Swati, for sharing these beautiful pins and accessories with the Greatest Rotary Club in the World.

(Pat Dolphin)