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Rowena Dagdag-Andaya, director of the Maui County Office on Aging, made a guest appearance on The MEO Minute on Wednesday to promote the 49th Maui County Senior Fair, 8 a.m. to noon, Oct. 29, Saturday, at the War Memorial Gym. The MEO Minute is part of Akaku's The...
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This past Wednesday, Transportation Director Patty Copperfield talked about a new video, "Public Transportation in Maui County," produced by MEO and Akaku and commissioned by the Maui County Department of Transportation. The 36-minute video offers a how-to and...
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On October 5, 2022, Business Development Center Director David Daly discussed the next Maui County Micro Agriculture Grant. Applications for the grant, which offers small farmers and ranchers up to $25,000, will be out Monday, Oct. 17. David's segment appears at about...
MEO Agricultural Micro Grant Program
Applications for the popular Agricultural Micro Grant Program 3.0 – which offers up to $25,000 to Maui County small farmers and ranchers – will be available beginning Monday, Oct. 17.
West VA teen donates classic children books to Molokai Head Start children
A West Virginia high school senior reached across the Mainland and the Pacific to Kaunakakai to hand 20 Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start children the classic book “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The books were given to all 20 students in the...
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MEO Housing Assistance Program Manager Kathy Jimenez announced the Mexican Consulate visit, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day, at MEO on this week's The MEO Minute on Akaku's The Maui Daily. She also offered the announcement in Spanish....
MEO earns BBB Charity Seal
Maui Economic Opportunity had its Better Business Bureau Charity Seal Licensing renewed through August 2023.
John Arnold who helped MEO set up business & farmworker programs visits Maui
Arnold is the CEO and founder of Portable Practical Educational Preparation, which operates educational, behavioral health, human services, and employment and training programs for youth, adults and persons with disabilities.
During their visit, Arnold and his group visited two BDC microloan businesses, Maui County American Jobs Center MEDB, Hale Mahaolu and J. Walter Cameron Center.
New playgrounds springing up at MEO Head Start sites
New playground structures are going up at six Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start sites on Maui and Moloka‘i…
Another Teen Financial Literacy Workshop set during Fall Break
Maui Economic Opportunity’s popular Teen Financial Literacy Workshop will be held in-person during Fall Break on Oct. 3 and 5 at MEO in Wailuku. The two-session program offered through MEO’s Business Development Center covers budgeting and savings, basic banking,...