Thriving Family Business "Rescues" Tired Old Flags

Thriving Family Business "Rescues" Tired Old Flags SPECIALTY/SERVICES Specialty/Services 31-6-8 Pamela Swift's business is all about national pride. Since 1972, the Peoria, Arizona lady has made her living restoring frayed and dirty American flags to like-new condition. She got the idea after noticing some shabby flags in her community and figured she could put her seamstress skills to work restoring them. Swift Flag Repair Service has grown to the point where she now works on between 500 and 600 flags each week. She employs five full-time and four part-time seamstresses, plus the operation has provided jobs for three generations of Swifts. "We bring used flags back to the bright and flowing symbol of American pride that they once were," she explains. "We specialize in cleaning, repair, and corner re-enforcement of large U.S, state, and corporate flags." Swift charges according to flag size. The largest flags she repairs measure 30 by 65 ft. She uses a secret blend of commercial laundry products with ice cubes to bring color back to faded flags. Flags can be repaired up to three times with care. Flags can even be rewoven to fix tears or holes. The Swift women fix and clean all types of flags for a variety of sources such as car dealerships, hospitals, hotels, casinos, and oil companies. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Swift Flag Repair Service, Pamela Swift, Box 125 Peoria, Arizona 85380 (ph 623 412-0955 or 888 412-0955; http://swiftflagrepair.com/).

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