Melinda Bolo, Emmanuel Baltazar join MEO Board of Directors
MEO welcomes two new board members – Melinda Mindy Bolo to the Lana‘i Community Health Center seat & Emmanuel Manny Baltazar to the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 seat.
Maui Relief TANF Program continues for families with dependent children
Monni Nash, Maui Relief TANF Program manager, helps an applicant for the program that assists those directly impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfires at Maui Economic Opportunity offices in Wailuku. Maui Relief TANF Program applicants can sign up in-person at MEO, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lava’s Sportsbar & Karaoke benefit raises $6,410 for MEO
Lava’s Sportsbar & Karaoke presented Maui Economic Opportunity with a check for $6,410 from a plate lunch fundraiser Sunday celebrating the establishment’s 5-year anniversary….
A look back at the 52nd Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
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MEO nonprofit recaps 1 year of helping displaced residents recover
MEO thanks Catherine Cruz of HPR’s The Conversation for the live interview with Debbie on Monday at Kuia Chocolate in Lahaina about wildfire relief efforts.
MEO closing offices Thursday, Aug. 8, for staff to mark fire anniversary in their own way
These Huggy Hearts were produced by the children in the Head Start preschool, to honor the 102 individuals who died in the fire. The display is up the MEO Wailuku Office…
Kā’anapali Ocean Resort Charitable Foundation gifts $15,000 to MEO infant/toddler center
It’s playtime at Maui Economic Opportunity’s Kahi Kamali‘i Infant Toddler Center at the J. Walter Cameron Center in this photo taken in June 2023….
Ruth Griffith, Adele Rugg feted by 600-plus at Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
Mayor Richard Bissen, his wife Kaihi, and Joycelyn Victorino pose for a photo with a kupuna at the 52nd Kupuna Aloha Luncheon on Saturday at the Grand Wailea…
MEO Moloka’i preschool is ‘Where The Wild Things Are’
Moloka‘i Head Start teacher Valeny Dudoit “sails” through the Kaunakakai office of MEO in Max’s red boat from the children’s book “Where The Wild Things Are.”
MEO’s Maggie Batangan earns SHRM-CP credential
Maui Economic Opportunity Chief Administrative Officer Maggie Batangan earned her Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Certified Professional credential and joined the ranks of a worldwide organization dedicated to creating better workplaces…