Candidates and officeholders may join Kupuna Aloha Luncheon on July 27
David Yanagisako leads the Kupuna Aloha Luncheon in the Pledge of Allegiance on July 30, 2022, at the Grand Wailea. In an election year, more than 40 candidates for public office met with kupuna at the event.
MEO top nonprofit fundraiser in MHLA Visitor Industry Charity Walk
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start team poses for a photo before embarking on the 2.6 mile Maui Visitor Industry Charity Walk course Saturday, May 4.
1,300 kupuna receive coupons for fresh food; SFMNP applications closed
All of the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program funds have been committed for the year, applications will no longer be accepted….
Fun, food and friendship at 52nd annual Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
MEO, Inc, in partnership with the Maui County Planning and Coordinating Council, will host the 52nd Annual Kupuna Aloha…
23 youth join MEO’s overnight Kamp Kāohi on Molokai
Twenty-three Moloka‘i youth participated in games and activities that highlighted the negative impacts of alcohol, tobacco and….
MEO disburses Maui Relief TANF/HCF funds that help 4,000 people in 5 months
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….
MEO offers CDL course without cost to previously incarcerated individuals
A Certified Driver’s License training course, offered at no cost to previously incarcerated Maui County residents, will be held in May by Maui Economic Opportunity.
Classes typically take about three weeks, but the….
MEO long-sleeve shirt drive for farmworkers brings in 257 shirts
A Maui Economic Opportunity-led effort to collect long-sleeve shirts for farmworkers to protect them from pesticide and heat exposure netted 257 shirts from March 24 to 31 as part of an Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program national drive….
MEO released National Dislocated Worker Grant video
Maui Economic Opportunity has released a video, which describes the National Dislocated Worker Grant that offers temporary decent paying jobs to those impacted by the wildfires….
Bishop Pahia, ‘lifeline’ for those released from jail/prison retires
Bishop Pahia has been a “lifeline” for more than a thousand inmates released from jail and prison during his 15 years with Maui Economic Opportunity’s Being Empowered and Safe Together (BEST) program….