The MEO Minute 4
Chief Operating Officer Gay Sibonga offers thanks to the funders and supporters who help MEO succeed in our mission of Helping People. Changing Lives. Gay's The MEO Minute segment appeared on Akaku's The Maui Daily on Wednesday, November 24, at about the 5 minute...
MEO nets $65,900 from the Visitor Industry Charity Walk
Maui Economic Opportunity received $65,900 from this year’s virtual Visitor Industry Charity Walk and raised the third highest amount among nonprofit organizations.The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association, sponsor of the Charity Walk, made the announcement at a...
The MEO Minute 3
On the third installment of The MEO Minute on Akaku's The Maui Daily on Nov. 17, Business Development Center Director David Daly discusses the Agriculture Microgrant program. The Maui Daily can be viewed at...
MEO Youth Services-leaders join homeless awareness sign waving
About 25 Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services participants and agency staff held signs that read “Homelessness Affects You,” “Everyone Should Have A Home” and “Imagine a Maui Where everyone lives in a House” on Tuesday, Nov. 16, along Kaahumanu Avenue as part of a...
Kris Padin named MEO IT Manager
Kris A. Padin has joined Maui Economic Opportunity in the key post of Information Technology Manager. He will be responsible for technology and maintenance services for the nonprofit agency’s current hardware and software and for long range planning and policies....
MEO named finalist in PBN Nonprofit Leadership Award
Maui Economic Opportunity was selected as a finalist in the Cades Schutte/The Cades Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Award, part of Pacific Business News’ 2021 Business Leadership Hawaii awards. The 56-year-old agency established to help people in need in Maui County...
The MEO Minute 2
Cassi Yamashita, director of Community Services, presented the second installment of The MEO Minute on The Maui Daily on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The focus of her report was on the housing assistance available. The Nov. 10 Maui Daily can be viewed at...
The MEO Minute debuts on Akaku’s The Maui Daily
Maui Economic Opportunity began a weekly segment “The MEO Minute” on The Maui Daily news show on Akaku Maui Community Media on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The segment will appear Wednesdays. The Maui Daily airs weekdays live at 4 p.m. with replays at 7 and 9 p.m. and midnight....
MEO’s Heather Wells earns Debt Management Professional certification
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Heather Wells has been certified as a Debt Management Professional and will be available to help clients of the nonprofit agency that works with people in need to come up with plans to extricate themselves from crisis and to better manage...
MEO joins Halloween health fair on Lanai
Maui Economic Opportunity Lanai Branch Manager Kaena Doolin and her volunteer daughter, Myah, represented the agency at the Healthy Halloween Drive-Thru Health Fair on Oct. 30 at the Old Dole Administration Parking Lot. About 15 health and social service agencies and...