Welcome to Portland Pearl Rotary Club
Rotary International was founded in February 1905 in Chicago, Illinois by Paul Harris. Portland Pearl Rotary (PPR), one of some 31,000 local Rotary Clubs established since then, was founded initially in 1975 as Portland Industrial Rotary Club to serve the industrial area of Northwest Portland. Over the years the character of Northwest Portland has changed greatly as has our club.
To reflect these changes, in 2005 Portland Industrial Rotary changed its name to Portland Pearl Rotary and moved from Northwest Portland to the center of the Pearl District.
Our Programs
What does PPR do besides listen to great programs over breakfast?
- Fellowship is a Cornerstone: We build Club fellowship though
our weekly meetings, frequent social events (holiday dinner, summer
picnic, monthly social hours after work) and by working on community
service projects and serving on Club committees.

- Community Service: Programs serving our community are at the core of PPR's commitment
- to "Service Above Self." Examples include delivering Meals on
Wheels every Friday, leaning up our parks, and participating in
special projects for local nonprofit organizations.
- International Projects: We have participated in funding
micro banks in Guatemala and in the development of a school water
system in Honduras. We are currently helping fund a Women's Health
project in Fiji. And we are exploring ways to partner with Portland's
Fire Bureau to expand its training and equipment assistance to
firefighters in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Youth Exchange: Every year we host an incoming Rotary Youth
Exchange high school student from another country and also sponsor an
outgoing exchange student from Portland to attend school for a year
overseas.
- Local Organizations: We extend financial support to selected
non-profits which serve the local area such as: Albertina Kerr Centers,
Friendly House, Boy Scouts, Multnomah County Library Foundation, and
Loaves and Fishes.
Club Interaction
We enjoy activities that inform our members about each other.
Tuesday morning "Rotarian of the Day" talks fill members in on fellow
members' lives and professions. "Brag for aBuck" is a fun way to learn
about the good things happening in members' lives and businesses.
What we expect of our members
"Service Above Self" does involve Club expectations:
Attendance. PPR members are expected to attend a minimum of
60% of our weekly meetings (Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. in the Ecotrust Bldg.
in the Pearl), or to make up at other Rotary Clubs in the area. Certain
Club functions (committee meetings, service projects) also count as
attendance. Each PPR member is expected to be active on one or more
committees to carry
out service projects.
Contributions. PPR's dues structure and fund raising participation:
|
Initiation (one-time, new members only) |
$150 | |
Annual Club dues (payable in July) |
$200 | |
Annual fund raiser (member participation) |
$100 | |
Brag for a Buck (Participation over the year) |
$25 | |
Rotarian of the Day |
$25 |
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