26/02/2026
🌊 Starting the Year with Service to Our Shores 🌊
As part of our continued commitment to Rotary’s Area of Focus on Protecting the Environment, our club held a beach cleanup at Pak Pak Beach. Although parts of the beach are currently closed due to construction, we were still able to collect bags of litter and other discarded trash left behind in the area.
Pak Pak Beach holds special meaning for our club. In May 2024, we partnered with NMC’s ENRO Club, CNMI Forestry, and the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance for a tree-planting project at this very site. During the cleanup, we checked on the trees planted two years ago and are proud to see them growing well and unaffected by nearby development.
After the cleanup, Rotaractors gathered for a simple breakfast fellowship, continuing a long-standing tradition of sharing food and fellowship after a service project.
While organized cleanups make an impact, keeping our beaches clean is a community-wide responsibility. Protecting our island’s natural beauty requires daily awareness and shared accountability from all of us.