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: