CF Action Ideas

	NOTE: The following commitments were submitted by Companion Flag Ambassadors from around the globe as part of Compaion Flag Action Day 2004. We hope you will see something here that inspires you to help spread the Companion Flag idea for the benefit of the world's children and all future generations.
E.B., Tashkent, Uzbekistan	I will have Companion Flag lesson with my class (I teach first year students in philology). I will explain about this oranization ,what its purpose is, etc. [Posted 29 October 2004]
D.U., Tashkent, Uzbekistan	I will spread this idea in my course (I am learning Korean language). I want to introduce to my groupmates, and give them CF pins. [Posted 29 October 2004]
S.T., Lynnwood, WA USA	I'll buy 3 Companion Flags and 3 Companion Flag licence plate holders and give them to my brother and son on November 6. [Posted 29 October 2004]
J.L., Redmond, WA USA	I will write to the president of Rotary International and suggest that Rotary feature the Companion Flag in an upcoming edition of the Rotarian. This magazine has a worldwide distribution. [Posted 17 October 2004]
F.L., Seattle, WA USA	I will facilitate the introduction of the Companion Flag idea to my fellow commissioners on the Board of Commissioners of Stevens Hospital, and suggest that we (a) adopt it, and (b) purchase a second Companion Flag to send to our sister-hospital in Japan. [Posted 17 October 2004]
J.M., Vashon Is., WA USA	We will utilize the 10 display windows at our jewelry store at 5th and Union, downtown Seattle, to help introduce the Companion Flag to the world. The display will include 10 different national flags with Companion Flags as well as interpretive signs, photographs, children's artwork, and other reminders of what we all have in common. Thanks to my friend J.S. (see below) for sharing this idea! [Posted 2 September 2004]
A.W., Longview, WA USA	I will contact the new ASB Advisor at the high school where I teach, introduce the CF idea to him, and encourage him to spearhead a Companion Flag introduction and adoption program as part of this year's school theme: "Respect." [Posted 2 September 2004]
P.H., Walla Walla, WA USA	I will send out whatever message you send me about the CF project (which I heartily support) to the Whitman College community via email. It goes to all faculty and staff and whatever students have joined the mailing list. [Posted 23 August 2004]
J.S., Vashon Is., WA USA	I will share the CF idea with a friend who owns a jewelry store in downtown Seattle. She is looking for new themes for window displays. [Posted 22 August 2004]
M.M., Tashkent, Uzbekistan	As a student at Academic Lyceum of V.A. Uspenskogo in Tashkent, I promise to discuss the CF project with my fellow students and my school director, in hopes that our school will begin to fly the Companion Flag along with other schools in Uzbekistan. [Posted 19 August 2004]
D.P., Shoreline, WA USA	I will be extremely happy to discuss the CF project with a fellow-principal at another school, at which my wife works, and help pursue adding one more school to the CF family. [Posted 19 August 2004]
V.L., Newcastle, WA USA	I'll ask my sister, an elementary school teacher in California, if she will put a Companion Flag in her classroom (if so, I'll buy it for her). [Posted 18 August 2004]
A.G., Auckland, New Zealand	(1) While in NZ during the week of August 23 I will introduce the Companion Flag concept and promote the website to an Auckland City Community Centre, my high school principal and an Auckland Youth Rotaract Group. (2) I will also announce Action Day to the 3 diverse list serves I belong to which will encourage thought, action and increase awareness of the website. (3) When I return to Japan to teach at a new school, I will do a lesson on the Companion Flag and talk to the Japanese teachers at school about Action Day. [Posted 18 August 2004]
P.M., Seattle, WA USA	I will talk to the minister at the church. I'm sure the church doesn't have money to install a flag pole, but I'm wondering about a bracket and flag which could be accessed from an upstairs window. [Posted 17 August 2004]
W.Y., Seattle, WA USA	I will add Guestbook functionality to the Companion Flag website that will allow people to share their thoughts, inspiration, and ideas. I will also add functionality for visitors to subscribe themselves to the Companion Flag mailing list, which will allow them to keep abreast of the latest updates and initiatives. [Posted 17 August 2004]
N.B., Quesnel, BC Canada	I will be dedicating my weekly "Mayor's Report" on the local cable station to the Companion Flag. [Posted 17 August 2004]
A.A., Nairobi, Kenya	I will download all the Companiaon Flag Information I have, and create a small flag for a true picture.Then I will visit a school or two to share the concept with students. I need your assistance here—will you kindly prepare a general introduction letter which I will send to head of schools within my country? [Posted 16 August 2004]
A. & P. L., Kenmore, WA USA	We will tell at least 5 people each about the Companion Flag. [Posted 16 August 2004]
A.W., Longview, WA USA	I will bring the CF up as an idea to my principal (Mark Morris High School) sometime in September, after Cascade has adopted it. I will also ask the principal at Cascade if there is a way that he can introduce the idea to all principals in the district. [Posted 15 August 2004]
A.M., Bellevue, WA USA	I will introduce the idea to my colleagues at Hopelink (we serve homeless and low income families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities). I am hoping that I can get them more involved with the idea. [Posted 15 August 2004]
C.W., Longview, WA USA	I will plan and implement Cascade Middle School's Companion Flag adoption ceremony, part of our 9/11 commemoration. [Posted 15 August 2004]
D.F., Tallinn, Estonia	I will bring the idea to the attention of our Director and our faculty when we start school. At the International School of Estonia our students and families represent some 15+ different countries. We can certainly encourage our students/families to pursue the CF in their home countries. [Posted 15 August 2004]
T.A., Yakima, WA USA	I will put a USA/CF desk set in our law firm’s reception area, with some CF cards or brochures next to it for people to pick up and read about the CF. [Posted 15 August 2004]
K.D., Austin, TX USA	I will follow-up with my contact at Crockett High School and help them partner with a Companion Flag school in another country. By having a sister (or brother) Companion Flag school, there's opportunity to learn about each others' cultures while simultaneously celebrating connections through CF. [Posted 14 August 2004]
C.M.H., Tacoma, WA USA	I plan to keep the Companion Flag before relevant groups at Pacific Lutheran University. [Posted 14 August 2004]
L.B.P., Seattle, WA USA	I will meet with the principals of our Catholic elementary school and high school, tell them about the CF, and arrange a follow-up meeting to discuss possible adoption of the CF by the schools. [Posted 13 August 2004]
G.H., Bellevue, WA USA	I don't have much time for myself as I am taking care of my 2 1/2 year old twins but am happy to talk to my friends about the Companion Flag. They are mostly just moms chasing after their kids too but at least it helps to get the word out. [Posted 13 August 2004]
D.A., Tashkent, Uzbekistan	My sister and I will gather friends to my place soon, and there I will introduce CF, show them the pin as the proof of CF and inform everyone there about your web site. (By the way, this Saturday I am going to a party, a big party, and I am going to indtroduce CF to everyone there.) [Posted 13 August 2004]
H.S., Saporro City, Japan	I went to Shiraoi-cho today. Shiraoi-cho, a friendship town alternating current delegation is assumed to go to the Quesnel city in Canada on September 2nd. Negotiated with by the fact whether or not it isn't possible to take a Companion Flag then by it. I act for the Companion Flag day. The Shiraoi-cho chief pass a Companion Flag to the Quesnel mayor. Then, it wants to pressure into Shiraoi-cho to declare a Companion Flag. [Posted 6 August 2004] I returned from Korea yesterday. It was a seminar with the teachers at the Korean elementary academy. I did only a few stories about the Companion Flag because I printed, had and did the CF home page of Korean. It should be possible to sow Korea with the seed of the Companion Flag. Our schools will do a Companion Flag exercise together before November 6th. [Posted 13 August 2004]
J.E., Pentwater, MI USA	I will attach a small 4" x 6" USA flag and 4" x 6" Companion Flag to the antenna of my motorcycle. They will be on display during our up-coming motorcycling vacation in Canada. [Posted 6 August 2004]
M.A., Seattle, WA USA	My action items: (a) I will arrange to make a presentation about the Companion Flag at Jackson Place Cohousing where my parents (and 26 other families) live. Hopefully, they'll adopt the Companion Flag! (b) I will arrange to have Companion Flags grace the P-20 International Education Summit "Building Global Relationships" on October 27, 2004, and (c) I will provide Companion Flag brochures and US/CF pins to the World Affairs Council to offer to interested international visitors that come through. (Our International Visitors Program serves about 900 visitors a year!) [Posted 5 August 2004]
D.R., Kirkland, WA USA	We will fly the CF on that day. [Posted 5 August 2004]
E.E., Seattle, WA USA	I will contact my priest and the members of my church's "sister church" committee about the Companion Flag. I will ask them to embrace the Companion Flag idea, and send Companion Flags as a gift to our sister churches in Palestine and Uganda. [Posted 4 August 2004]
S.W., Seattle, WA USA	I will: (a) send the CF brochure to all members of the Seattle City Council, with a letter asking my council member to sponsor a resolution designating November 6, 2004 as "COMPANION FLAG DAY" in Seattle, (b) finish and upload on to the web site an essay I have begun about the Companion Flag and its effect on the way people see each other across human borders and divisions, and (c) make a financial contribution to CFSI. [Posted 4 August 2004]
S.F., Driftwood, TX USA	I will wear my American flag/Companion Flag pin for a week and explain it to everyone who asks. When I go to Japan or Japanese activities (which is often), I will wear my Japanese flag/Companion Flag pin. [Posted 3 August 2004]
M.L., Seattle, WA USA	I have started a dialogue with the principal of my son's school (Nathan Eckstein Middle School – about 1300 students each year) about using the Companion Flag as a tangible effort for the students to actively work on in their anti-bullying campaign. I'm PTSA president again. My Action Day plan is to continue this dialogue with her. I’m hoping this will lead to the school adopting the Companion Flag this year. [Posted 3 August 2004]
A.R., Seattle, WA USA	My planned action is that I'm going to get my desktop fixed WAY before November 6, and then send out an email about the Companion Flag to everyone in my (massive) email address book. I'll let you know the numbers later!
L.E., Seattle, WA USA	My principal and I will invite at least 5 other principals, our school district's social studies curriculum director, and our superintendent of schools to a breakfast meeting to learn about the Companion Flag. [Posted 3 August 2004]
B.W., Winslow, WA USA	I am going to carry 2 or 3 brochures in my purse to give to people when opportunities arise, and make a financial donation to CFSI. [Posted 3 August 2004]
C.L., Tacoma, WA USA	I already have a "Fly the Companion Flag" license plate frame on the back of my car—I encourage everyone to get one. For CF Action Day I will (a) talk to 5 neighbors about the Companion Flag, (b) ask 2 children who live in my neighborhood to tell their teachers about the idea, (c) since I'm a school counselor, I will wear my Companion Flag pin on my school ID lanyard during the school year, and (d) I will put up the US flag and Companion Flag outside the front door of my home on Action Day, and continue to fly it. [Posted 2 August 2004] Note: To see what a flagstaff mounted on a home with a national flag and CF looks like, click here.
M.C. de O., Arequipa, Peru	Es grato saludarlo y a la vez indicarle que cuando nos entreguen la nueva oficina pondre la bandera acompañante junto con la bandera de mi pais cuando corresponda ponerlae e informare a los clientes y amigos el significado de la misma. [Posted 2 August 2004] ["It is a pleasure to greet you and at the same time indicate to you that when we have our new office, I shall put the Companion Flag below the flag of my country when it's my turn to raise it up and I shall inform my clients and my friends of the significance of it."]
T.C., Edmonds, WA USA	I will make at least 200 CF desksets (miniature flag poles with a national flag and Companion Flag) for display in homes and offices. [Posted 1 August 2004]
M.K., Blaine, WA USA	Believe it or not I am going back East to attend an 8th grade reunion in the fall. I will tell the people there about the project. [Posted 1 August 2004]
M.P.O., Stockholm, Sweden	I have placed several Companion Flag pins on my school bag so I wear them with me all the time. Of course people get curious about the flags which gives me a moment to tell them about the Companion Flag. [Posted 1 August 2004] Note: To see theCF pins, click here.
T.W., Issaquah, WA USA	I will display a USA/CF deskset in my office. When people ask about it, I will explain the Companion Flag and have CF cards available to give them. I am also going to put a CF license plate frame on the back of my new car. [Posted 1 August 2004] Note: To see the CF License Plate Frames, click here.
S.B., Quesnel, BC Canada	I printed out the blurb about the CF and am posting it on memo boards at work. I am forwarding it to friends and particularly I will send it to my friend Michelle in Taiwan. She teaches english there. If you could send me pins, the kids would love it as well as her private students who are often teachers. Maybe a couple of brochures too. [Posted 30 July 2004] Note: To see the 1-page Companion Flag Abstract available for downloading, click here.
S.B., Seattle, WA USA	I'm going to a reunion with the WaterPartners International crew next weekend--about 15 in all projected--and I will make my action bringing the Companion Flag to their attention. [Posted 29 July 2004]
A.R., Seattle, WA USA	I plan to pursue bringing the Companion Flag to AS#1 (Pinehurst School) this fall. I have a commitment from my son's teacher to consider this as a class project when we go back to school. Thanks, I'll let you know more when I talk with her again. [Posted 29 July 2004]
G.V., Seattle, WA USA	Bill and I will speak to at least three people about the Companion Flag at our neighborhood block party next week. [Posted 29 July 2004]
J.O., Shoreline, WA USA	Thank you for the Action Day Idea Bank. We have placed USA/CF decals on our cars and on our front door. We will obtain more decals and include one when we mail our friends, especially those who are educators. I am going to write a friend of mine who is an author and public speaker in Tuscson, AZ, to see if she would be interested in becoming an CF Ambassador! [Posted 29 July 2004] Note: To see the USA/CF window decals, click here. [Currently, CFSI's stock is limited to decals showing the USA flag and the Companion Flag.]
A.B., Edmonton, AL Canada	My ideas for Companion Flag Action Day are still percolating - I plan to host a "Companion Flag Party" with 20 to 30 guests. At this party I envision everyone wearing a Companion Flag along with their country's host flag (seeing as my friends in Edmonton are from Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Spain, China, India, and Great Britain!). I intend to have literature available, but mainly I want to speak to people about the idea, then organize some activities that will reinforce all that we as human beings have in common. Also, I have been planning on creating CF refrigerator magnets - would you be interested in these? [Posted 27 July 2004]
T.T., Reading, England	I will promote the Companion Flag idea within my company, Vodafone. I will let you know how far I get. [Posted 27 July 2004]
I.R., Andijan, Uzbekistan	I am Ikrom. Again I read all about Companion Flag. I can make some copy in Russian and English and show them to my people and our students. OK, I'll try my best. I hope that after my words one may help to another. [Posted 25 July 2004]
G.D., Edmonton, AL Canada	I will share the CF idea with two more friends, and pass out CF cards. In addition, (1) I will introduce the Companoin Flag to attendees at a business meeting the week of November 1, 2004, and (2) since I gave CF pins to several of my relatives for Christmas last year, I will contact them and ask them to wear their pins on Action Day. That means the pins will be on display in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and San Francisco! [Posted 24 July 2004]
V.D., Redmond, WA USA	I have printed out 20 copies of the tri-fold brochure, and I am going to bring them to our "block party" next Tuesday. I will have conversations, and give out the brochures. I will also carry and share the tri-fold with school officials that I come in contact with through my work witih "Changes Parent Support Network" in Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond. [Posted 24 July 2004] Note: To see the printable trifold brochure, click here.
M.L., Seattle, WA USA	I volunteer at Phinney Ridge Community Center and will approach the director to see if they would be interested in doing something to help promote the CF. [Posted 22 July 2004]
K.O., Atlanta, GA, USA	I am a professional photographer. I'm going to have an exhibtion at my former high school about my travelling (pictures from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Equador--lots from the Galapagos--and Peru). It will run through October and is part of 'Atlanta Celebrates Photography'. I will display small national flags with Companion Flags under the works, to show where I took the photos. I'll also print out some of the CF brochures available on your web site, and have them available for people to pick up and learn about the CF. [Posted 22 July 2004]
R.M., Victoria, BC Canada	I leave Aug 15 on an official visit to Victoria's Sister City, Khabarovsk in Siberia, Russia. I will take some Canada/Companion Flag and Russia/Companion Flag lapel pins as well as explanatory cards (translated into Russian). I hope to interest people in the idea, and will encourage them to share the idea with others. [Posted 22 July 2004] Note: To see the CF lapel pins, click here.
V.D., Samarkand, Uzbekistan	The idea of Action Day is great! It helps all participants to feel the uniting nature of the CF project. AYOLLAR DUNYOSI, a non-governmental organization I belong to whose mission is to promote women's participation in the cultural and social life of the country, will develop and implement a program to introduce the Companion Flag idea to school children (both genders) in and around Samarkand. [Posted 22 July 2004]
P.R., Lucknow, India	We, at CMS, are holding a Companion Flag poster competition in which the topics are: (i) Importance of symbols and (2) Common elements in different cultures. We will do the judging and send to you the shortlisted entries. You are requested to make certificates for the final prize winners and send back the same to us with your signatures. The children will be very happy to receive these certificates. [Posted 21 July 2004]
G.G., Tashkent, Uzbekistan	I will complete the transcription of the skit I wrote this spring to introduce the CF at my school. I will send it to you on or before November 6, so that you can make it available to others around the world through your web site. [Posted 20 July 2004]
T.M., Seattle, WA USA	I am returning to Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) in late November, and will make arrangements before Action Day to present a Companion Flag to the school there during my stay. I will also contact Yes! magazine to see if they are interested in doing a piece on the CF. [Posted 19 July 2004]
S.S., Nebraska, USA	I'll be back in the USA then and will talk to a school in Nebraska where I'll be living. [Posted 18 July 2004]
S., Yanshou, Guangxi Pr. China	I will introduce Companion Flag to my friends, families and colleagues. [Posted 18 July 2004]
M.P., Bellevue, WA USA	Len and I would really like to do some CF outreach in August and September as part of the new year in schools. I also have a couple of contacts in Seattle schools and Northshore that might be interested. (Note: M.P. is the principal of a Companion Flag School in Bellevue.) [Posted 17 July 2004]
C.F., Seattle, WA USA	I will be an Instructional Assistant (Teacher's Aide) in a Kindergarten classroom at T. T. Minor Elementary this fall. I will ask the teacher and others about doing some activity around the Companion Flag. [Posted 17 July 2004]
W.J., Seattle, WA USA	Northlake Church will have its Companion Flag up before November 6. A 20' pole has been ordered from All the King's Flags, the trenches are dug for the floodlight lines, etc. If the facility committee keeps on as they have been going, it will be done by the end of September. Probably we'll end a church service about 10 minutes early, and the congregation will go outside for a brief dedication ceremony - to which you certainly will be invited. [Posted 16 July 2004]
	(Your Companion Flag Action Day activity described here) If you are a Companion Flag supporter willing to help spread this idea through a commitment of personal action on or before November 6, 2004, please contact us now and tell us what you will do. [Contact CFSI]
	Sample Ideas: On or before November 6, 2004. . .
J.B., Auckland, New Zealand	I am going to introduce the Companion Flag at my Rotary Club (sample)
S.A., St. Petersburg, Russia	I will print out copies of the trifold brochure on the CF web site and hand them out at our tenants meeting in September (sample)
K.H., Tokyo, Japan	A fellow teacher and I will introduce CF in our classes and have students create posters to hang outside our classrooms (sample)
T.C., Helena, MT, USA	I'm going to put "Fly the Companion Flag" License Plate Frames on the back of our cars, and make a financial donation to CFSI (sample) Note: To see the CF License Plate Frames, click here.
	More sample ideas: 'For COMPANION FLAG ACTION DAY I will. . . Introduce the CF idea at my synagogue, temple, mosque, or church Tell my children or grandchildren about the Companion Flag while showing them the CF web site; then I'll send you their ages and reactions to the idea so you can share them with others around the world Put a Companion Flag Decal on or near my front door so visitors can see it (available with US host flag only) Note: To see the CF Window Decal, click here. Put a Companion Flag Decal on my car or truck (available with US host flag only) Print out the CF Trifold Brochure and mail it with a short letter of introduction to my local mayor, city council members, or other local officials; I'll ask them to dedicate a flagpole in the city (county, etc.) to display the Companion Flag and post an interpretive sign nearby Send out one or more "e-mail introductions" -- i.e., an e-mail addressed both to CFSI president Scott Wyatt (feedback@companionflag.org) and to a person known to me who works in the field of education (a teacher or principal at a school, etc.), the media, government, or business, who may (if interested in the project) be able to spread the idea, or adopt and fly the Companion Flag where s/he works Go to a meeting of our local Sister City Association to (a) introduce the CF idea, and (b) suggest that both our city and our sister city agree to fly at least one Companion Flag in recognition of our common humanity Write a letter to the editor of our local newspaper about the CF (and enclose a brochure) Ask at least one neighbor who has a flagpole at her home or business to consider flying the Companion Flag Hold a COMPANION FLAG ACTION DAY dinner for friends, as a way of sharing the idea with them Write a Companion Flag story, poem or song, or paint or draw a picture which captures for me the meaning of the Companion Flag Since we are already a Companion Flag school, I will ask our ASB officers to consider forming a delegation to visit a neighboring school to present them with the gift of a Companion Flag Note: To read about Companion Flag schools, click here. Since we are already a Companion Flag school, I will recommend to our principal that we send a gift of a Companion Flag to (i) our sister school overseas, and (ii) another school locally (e.g., our 'rival school' as seen through the eyes of some of our students) Buy a set of children's Companion Flag Stickers and hand them out to the children in the neighborhood Note: To see the CF Children's Stickers, click here.