Its current vice president, Coco Urban, is a retired ceramist from Chicago her father owned a woodworking company in Wisconsin. Sears said other studies show that "Men's Shed members live longer, healthier, happier lives than non-shed members."ĭespite its roots as an organization for men, and particularly older men, Kupuna Shed has always accepted adults of all ages and genders. According to a 2013 study cited in Health Promotion International, a division of Oxford University Press, "Men's Sheds have a distinct community development philosophy and are thus identified in both policies as an ideal location to address social isolation and positively impact the health and well-being of males who attend." Research has shown that the Men's Shed concept has had a positive impact on men's health through social activities. "By maintaining a healthy body and mind, becoming a Men's Shed member provides a safe and sometimes busy environment where men can find many things to do in the atmosphere of true friendship, " says the association's website. Men's Shed Association, whose motto is "shoulder to shoulder."
Honolulu's Kupuna Shed was its first in the U.S., which now has 27 chapters, all loosely organized under the U.S. The idea spread, and there are now about 1, 800 men's sheds in nine countries worldwide, according to the International Mens Sheds Organisation, an umbrella organization.
After returning to Hawaii a few years ago, he found himself with time and energy and little to do, when his wife, Mary, showed him an article about the Men's Shed, a concept that started in the late 1990s in Australia in response to the high number of suicides and early deaths among older men.
Currently located in a huge warehouse in Honolulu Harbor, Kupuna Shed was launched seven years ago by Glenn Sears, a retired civil engineer and educator who grew up in Hawaii but spent most of his career overseas or on the mainland.
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