Rotary Blazer

So one of the Rotary traditions is to give the exchange students blazers, which they decorate with pins that they collect from their travels. A great way to spot a Rotary exchange student is to look for any color of blazer(the color depends on the country). The blazer will most likely be decorated with random things, the craziest I have seen is a rubber chicken. The blazers also help other Rotary exchange students to find each other in airports. Not many people wear blazers decorated in colorful pins on an airplane! It is a great system to find each other so you are not traveling internationally completely alone. Rotary always tries to match your flight with another exchange student who is going to somewhat the same area. For example, I could meet a kid in the Seattle airport and we would fly together until Amsterdam, where we would go our separate ways. It is a great way to meet new people and stay safe, because after all, safety in numbers.

My blazer