Professional Baseball Player Visits

Eri Yoshida, a pitcher for Na Koa Ikaika Maui baseball team, did an impromptu visit at Hale Makua Kahului on July 15 to present residents with a signed baseball and tickets to baseball games. While at Hale Makua Eri spent time talking with Shinobu Abe, who joyfully shared that her nephew is Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki.

This visit illustrates the Eden Alternative Principle 5: An Elder-centered community imbues daily life with variety and spontaneity by creating an environment in which unexpected and unpredictable interactions and happenings can take place. This is the antidote to boredom.