Ms. Charmayne Mills Ealy and Rev. Canon William (Bill) Lane Doulos (Photos – PasadenaRotary.com)
The Rotary Club of Pasadena announced its 2024 Paul Harris Fellow Community Awardees – Rev. Canon William (Bill) Lane Doulos and Ms. Charmayne Mills Ealy.
By News Desk
Both Rev. Canon William (Bill) Lane Doulos and Ms. Charmayne Mills Ealy are involved with humanitarian service programs and demonstrate active participation to help others. They exemplify the qualities and ideals of Rotary and have contributed to their community and world in a way that demonstrates that they share our motto “Service Above Self.”
The Paul Harris Fellowship Award is one of the highest honors that Rotary can give to an individual. It recognizes a recipient who exemplifies the highest ideals of Rotary. The award also includes a donation of $1,000 in the recipient’s names to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, which supports Rotary’s worldwide programs.
Bill Lane Doulos
Doulos began his ministry among the poor and homeless in 1974, as executive director of Union Station, a Pasadena storefront hospitality center for the poor and homeless founded by clergy and volunteers from All Saints Church. He served there for 17 years, until 1991. He later was director of Housing Ministry at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, and its Jubilee Transitional Housing sober-living homes for people in recovery from addiction. In 2002 he donated his financial interest in four sober living homes to the Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel. These homes now form the core of the ministry of Jubilee Homes, which provides housing and relevant social services in Pasadena and Altadena to 50 men and women in recovery from addiction. Ordained a vocational deacon by the Diocese of Los Angeles in 2014, Doulos is the author of “The Radical Disciple,” “The Cotton Patch Parables of Liberation,” “Hearts of Fire,” “Journey to the Fourth Dimension,” and “A Journey of Compassion: Letters from a Street Minister.” Doulos retired after 50 years of service to the church and poor in July 2023, when he turned 80 years old. He then volunteered to manage one of the Jubilee Homes, the Raymond House in Pasadena.
Charmayne Mills Ealy
Mills Ealy has been committed to elevating the quality of life and well-being for underserved people in the community, and in particular, youth. She has purposefully served on Boards and Committees so that she could set policy, attract funders and increase her awareness of community needs. She tirelessly works to bring projects to fruition through collaborative efforts with individuals and organizations. Mills Ealy is an effective communicator and an advocate for the underserved. Currently, she is the Director of Operations for STEAMCODERS, a non-profit organization that teaches underserved and unrepresented students the fundamentals of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM). STEAMCODERS started in 2014 and has served over 70,000 students in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the San Gabriel Valley, Florida, New York, Georgia, and Dakar, Senegal. STEAMCODERS educates, inspires and equips students with the knowledge, resources, and skills needed to pursue academic and career opportunities in the highly competitive STEAM-related fields.
Mills Ealy was an Assistant United States Trustee – Central District of California (U.S. Department of Justice), Los Angeles, from 1984 to 2014. She currently serves on the boards of the following organizations: The Pasadena City College Foundation, Pasadena Altadena Community Endowment Fund, Pasadena Delta Foundation, the Pasadena Child Health Foundation, and the California African American Museum.
Luncheon
The award will be given to Rev. Canon Bill Lane Doulos and Charmayne Mills Ealy at a luncheon at noon on June 12, 2024, at the University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. The luncheon is open to the public. The meeting starts at 12:30 pm. and the awards ceremony begins at 1:00 pm. The cost is $45 including lunch. The meeting and awards ceremony are also available on Zoom. RSVP required: office@PasadenaRotary.com.
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