Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series of profiles on the Big Island Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015.
Luella Aina loved going to work because she was always around youngsters and saw the potential in each of them of becoming a crown jewel.
She spent 34 years as a recreation director with the County’s Department of Parks and Recreation, working at different stops at Kawananakoa Gym, Shipman Gym, and Andrews Gym.
“I enjoyed my job to the fullest,” she said. “The kids were my enjoyment.