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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Pearl Rotary Fundraiser Set for August 22
Pearl Rotary's first signature fundraiser in partnership with Portland
Center Stage Gerding Theater in the Pearl District, set for Friday,
August 22, is close at hand. 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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New Format for Tuesday Meetings to be Tried
Proposed Trial Change:
Tuesday Meeting Format
O725 a.m. Welcome. Salute to the Flag. Song. Four-Way Test. Birthdays.
Sunshine Reports. Take a Buddy to Lunch drawing. 0730 a.m. Guests.
Announcements. 0740 a.m. President's Time* 0745 a.m. Brag for a Buck
(On First and 3rd Tuesdays, last five minutes of Brag time will be
scheduled for Rotarian of the Week.) 0800 a.m. Introduction of Speaker
and Speaker's Remarks
0820 a.m. Q and A with Speaker
0829 a.m. Final Drawing
0830 a.m. Adjournment
*President's Time will be made available to other Rotarians with key
messages as requested.
Above is the new schedule for Pearl Rotary meetings proposed by
incoming President Don Barney to be tried starting with the July 15
meeting.
Barney said the trial is aimed at adjourning each PPRC meeting at 8:30
a.m. sharp after completing all business. He urged members to arrive at
the Ecotrust conference meeting room at 7:15 a.m. to select from the
breakfast buffet and be ready to go at 7:25 a.m. |
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2008-09 Pearl Rotary Leaders Take Office
Portland Pearl Rotary's leadership roster for 2008-09, effective July 1,includes:
Don Barney, President
Don Smith, President-Elect
Adina Flynn, Secretary
Michael Steen, Treasurer
Ivy Nelson, Immediate Past President
John Parchinsky, Jr., Club Services Director
Stan Swan, Community Services Director
Dave Price, Vocational Service Director
Phil Rothrock, International Services Director
Other leadership roles assigned by Barney are:
Jonelle Anderson, Membership Committee Chair
Donna Tallman, RI Foundation and Paul Harris Chair
Ivy Nelson, Fundraising Comm. Chair
Don Smith, Strategic Planning Comm. Chair
Greg Mottau, Leadership Development Comm. Chair; George Wright, Program
Committee Chair; Lowell Mengel, Club Registrar; Dave Bangsund, Youth
Exchange Officer; Matt Mahaffy, Youth Programs Manager; Adina Flynn,
Vice-chair, Community Services Comm.; Jan Frutiger, Fellowship
Coordinator; Don Smith, Communications; Ross Mack, Assistant Registrar. |
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Costa Rica Project Wins TRF Approval
Pearl Rotary will take a central role in a women's center and girls'
school program in Costa Rica now that The Rotary Foundation has
approved a matching grant for the project. Total funding from Rotary,
including from partners to PPRC on the grant proposal -- the Belen
Rotary Club of Costa Rica, Kruse Way/Lake Oswego Rotary Club, Portland
Rotary Club, Milwaukie Rotary Club and NE Portland Rotary Club -- will
amount to more than $54,000. Now that local clubs have submitted their
contributions, funding for the project is expected to be released soon
in Evanston.
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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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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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