• Enhancing education in Ghana by helping provide clean power & water, furniture, lighting, and a computer lab.
• Building sustainability for a Haitian farm that provides well-paying jobs for the local community.
• Provide 150 families in Nicaragua with access to improved sanitation for the first time.
• Installing solar energy panels at a rural hostipal in Nepal

• Having fun every First Wednesday at a local restaurant or bar.
• Rotary Cares – emotional support for members with significant life events.
• Community social events, such as watching the Vaux’s swifts funnel into the Chapman Elementary school evenings in September.
• Yearly Pearl Party
• Member sign-up parties: Christmas Ships, BBQ's, Hikes, Movies, Bruches, and oh so much more! :)

• Annual Street Roots Vendor Appreciation Dinner
• Supporting Growing Gardens, a local non-profit in seasonal "dig-ins" for growing food schools, backyards and correctional facilities to cultivate healthy communities.
• Weekly volunteering through Meals-on-Wheels in Downtown and NW Portland.
• Monthly dinners at Doreen's Place in Bud Clark Commons.
• New Avenues for Youth Winter Clothing Drive & Free Ice-Cream Day
• Club's strategic focus on houselessness and youth

• Network with Portland business and community leaders.
• Develop leadership skills through active service in the community.
• Participate in Helping Hands, Pearl Rotary business and community executives will work through a business issue or next steps for your business.
• Business spotlight to the club, where you can share your business or marketable skill with the club.

Providing support for all potential and new members, ensuring a smooth and rewarding entry into the Rotarian family.

We promote social justice, wherever possible, within our community and the world such that our actions result in a positive impact on people, government, and institutions. See the Social Justice Committee page.

Portland Pearl Rotary supports the fostering of dynamic young leaders:

• Lincoln High School Interact Club - Rotary for high school students.
• Portland Rotaract Club - Rotary for Young Professionals ages 18-30.
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) - The purpose of RYLA is to recognize young leaders and provide them with an opportunity to expand their perceptions and ideals.

Through our award-winning newsletter, an active social media presence, and vibrant club communications, we reach far and wide to educate, inform, and entertain a wide audience. 

Each year, we send two local high-school students to study for a year abroad, and in exchange adopt two from other countries. This year:

• Addie Ferriday is in Denmark
• Jules Smith is in the Czech Republic