MEO Youth Services volunteers at Christmas Eve food distribution
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services participants and staff volunteered at a holiday food distribution event at Waiola Church in Lahaina on Christmas Eve. Sixteen high school and intermediate youths in the program, aimed at alcohol and substance abuse, bullying...
MEO Youth Services collects gifts for Ka Hale A Ke Ola youths
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services presented $5,000 in holiday gifts and necessities, collected from staff and the public, to keiki at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers in Wailuku on Tuesday, Dec. 21. The gifts, which filled about a half of a van,...
The MEO Minute 6
Last Wednesday, The MEO Minute segment by Early Childhood Services Director Debbi Amaral was postponed when a power outage hit Akaku Maui Community Media. So without further delay, here is Debbi's appearance on Akaku's The Maui Daily on Wednesday, Dec. 15. She talked...
Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas at MEO
Sparkjoy Foundation gifts MEO $5,000
The Sparkjoy Foundation, based in Phoenix, presented Maui Economic Opportunity with a $5,000 check to assist people in need in Maui County. MEO, a nonprofit member of the national Community Action Partnership, will use the unsolicited gift to cover shortfalls between...
The MEO Minute 5
The MEO Minute on Akaku's The Maui Daily on Wednesday, Dec. 1, featured Youth Services Director Dane Ka`ae. The MEO Minute runs at about the 7 minute mark in the link below. The Maui Daily can be viewed at...
PBN report: MEO CEO discusses 2021 highlights, 2022 goals
Maui Economic Opportunity CEO Debbie Cabebe highlighted the work of the Being Empowered and Safe Together team and its partners who support recently released inmates reintegrate into the community in the Pacific Business News report headlined “Nonprofit Report:...
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...