Welcome to Portland Pearl Rotary
 The Portland Pearl Rotary
Welcome to the Portland Pearl Rotary. Please join us at our frolicking, fun, and informative breakfast meetings.
You'll find us at the Ecotrust Building in the beautiful Pearl District of Portland, Oregon on Tuesday mornings at 7:30am.
See you there!
Download the Portland Pearl Rotary Brochure for more information...
For the latest NEWS and UPDATES, as well as a complete calendar of events, please visit our NEWS SITE at:
www.clubrunner.ca/portlandpearl
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Costa Rica Project Wins District 5100 Support
Pearl Rotary will take central roles in a women's center and girls'
school program in Costa Rica if a pending grant application to Rotary
International is successful. The grant proposal has been approved by
the PPRC Board and Rotary District 5100 and forwarded to RI. Partners
to PPRC on the grant proposal include the Belen Rotary Club of Costa
Rica, Kruse Way/Lake Oswego Rotary Club, Portland Rotary Club,
Milwaukie Rotary Club and NE Portland Rotary Club. Rotary International
will review the application after its deadline for receipt of all grant
applications on March 31.
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PPRC Goals Set for March 25 Airing
"Service above self to help meet the needs of health, education and
youth in the local and international communities" is the driving theme
for the next three years for Portland Pearl Rotary, as approved by the
Club's Board at its February meeting. In addition the Board approved 24
PPRC Goal Statements to guide Club leadership during the 2008-2011
period. Discussion of the goals is set as the program for the March 25
meeting of the club.
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Pearl Rotary Fundraiser Plan Picks Up Speed
August 22, 2008. SAVE THE DATE!
It marks Pearl Rotary's planned first
signature fundraiser in partnership with Portland Center Stage Gerding
Theater in the Pearl District. The event, called BET ON THE PEARL, will
be a night of fun and gaming in the Gerding Theater foyer for a broad
range of ticket holders, from Rotarians to Gerding theatergoers to
Pearl District residents and businesses, and other Portlanders looking
for a good time and two great local institutions to support -- Pearl
Rotary and Portland Center Stage Gerding Theater.
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Woof and Meow Tour April 9
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
ROTARY BUSINESS TOUR
Where: Oregon Humane Society
(http://www.oregonhumane.org/index.asp)
1067 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97211
When: Wednesday, April 9th
11:30am-1pm.
Please join other Portland Pearl Rotary members on a tour of the Oregon
Humane Society's state of the art animal facility including their new
surgical suites. Our own Harvey Black, who is very actively involved
with the Humane Society, will be helping us with a guided tour. Please
RSVP so I can ge a head count. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Coming Rotary Attractions
Two Rotary District 5100 meetings and the 2008 Rotary International
Convention are on the horizon as the Rotary year 2007-08 heads into its
last quarter. Here's the scoop:
CLUB OFFICER & MEMBERS TRAINING ASSEMBLY WEST
Great training opportunity for upcoming Club leaders and new members!
Date: Apr 12, 2008 at 7:30 AM - Apr 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Event Fee: $30.00 USD
Location:
Map Fort Vancouver High School
5700 E 18th St.Vancouver, WA, 98661
Something for every member of Rotary! Fireside for new members,
training for Sargeant at Arms, information on how to run an effective
fundraising program in your club and much more. Registration
7:30-8:15AM with coffee, tea and pastries. Opening Session 8:30AM
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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:
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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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