Monica Takamura named MEO Chief Fiscal Officer
Monica Takamura has been named Chief Fiscal Officer of Maui Economic Opportunity, one of Maui County’s largest nonprofits….
MEO Board Meeting & Installation Highlights
A little late, but here are some highlights of our Board Meeting/Installation earlier this month. Mayor Richard Bissen and state Sen. Gil Keith-Agaran were speakers, and board members took their oath from retired Judge Rhonda Loo.The report also appeared on Akaku's...
MEO Lana‘i, Hana shopping shuttles canceled Tuesday & Wednesday due to Calvin
Maui Economic Opportunity is cancelling its weekly Lana‘i Shopping Shuttle on Tuesday and its weekday East Maui to Central Maui Shopping Shuttle on Tuesday and Wednesday due to turbulent weather conditions expected from storm system Calvin. Although Calvin has been...
MEO 8-passenger bus stationed in Hana, blessed
Kahu John Kahalehoe blesses a new eight-passenger MEO bus and the drivers for East Maui, including Tuks Medeiros, on Friday in Hana….
21 youth learn life financial lessons at MEO class series
Twenty-one high and middle school age youth learned the value of good credit, budgeting and the difference between credit and debit cards….
MEO officers and members receive keys to agency
MEO officers and members receive keys to agency and Carol Reimann to head board for second year….
Evelyn Del Valle has come to be a Head Start Lead Teacher
Evelyn Del Valle has come from shy Spanish-speaking youngster to Head Start Lead Teacher….
MEO’s Alex Domingo completes Head Start management fellowship
Alex Domingo, MEO Early Childhood Services assistant director, receives her certificate of completion from the University of California at Los Angeles Head Start Management Fellows Program on June 30 in Los Angeles. Standing with Alex are Alfred E. Osborne Jr., faculty director of the fellows program, and Yasmine Daniel Vargas, director of the National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations…
MEO Head Start summer lead teacher Evelyn Del Valle greeted children and their parents
Head Start summer lead teacher Evelyn Del Valle greeted children and their parents at the door on a recent Friday morning, a few yards away from the other Head Start classroom at Luana Gardens, where she and her parents participated in the same ritual two decades ago…
MEO sets up shop on the west side twice a month
Maui Economic Opportunity has begun operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center two times a month to improve access to clients on the west side. Community Services staff will be available from 9 a.m. to noon on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Information...