Ruby Hirakawa

Ruby Hirakawa is liv­ing proof that life doesn’t have to be bor­ing just because you’re retired. In fact, it’s hard to find an open­ing in her busy sched­ule. A res­i­dent of Friend­ship Vil­lage, Ruby can be found at the fit­ness cen­ter four days a week. She enjoys yoga, swim­ming and work­ing out.

When she’s not break­ing a sweat, she’s giv­ing back. Ruby vol­un­teers at a local church putting food togeth­er for the less for­tu­nate. She also donates her time at a near­by ele­men­tary school help­ing sec­ond graders learn to read and write. And a few years ago, Ruby even cel­e­brat­ed her birth­day by sky­div­ing on a trip to Hawaii!

"When I wake up in the morning and open my drapes, I say, 'Thank you Lord for bringing me here.' Because I don’t have to worry, my children don’t have to worry about me, and it’s just a beautiful place to be – and I’m happy to be here."