Kathy Collins, Hedy Udarbe honored as Kupuna Advocates at luncheon
More than 450 Maui seniors gathered Saturday for the 53rd Kupuna Aloha Luncheon to meet old friends, partake of a hotel-style lunch buffet, take home some prize drawings and honor Kupuna Advocates of the Year Kathy Collins and Hedy Udarbe. “Our kupuna carry the...
MEO installs board members for 2025-26, marks 60-year anniversary
Maui Economic Opportunity’s 60th-year Board of Directors, led again by Carol Reimann, were installed last month with Mayor Richard Bissen, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and state Sen. Lynn DeCoite joining the candle-themed ceremony. “The county deeply values MEO as a key...
Maui Relief TANF qualifiers reminded to access long-term housing, appliance help
Maui Economic Opportunity has been administering the predominantly federally funded Maui Relief TANF Program in partnership with the state Department of Human Services since shortly after the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires. The program provides housing, vehicle, utility, clothing, school supply and appliance assistance for those whose home or place of employment was damaged or destroyed by the wildfires or who lived or worked in the burn zone and were unable to return home or work due to the recovery efforts.
Kupuna Aloha Luncheon set for July 26; RSVP deadline approaching
Radio personality Kathy Collins and Lahaina Honolua Senior Citizens Club President Hedy Udarbe will be honored as Kupuna Advocates of the Year at the 53rd annual Kupuna Aloha Luncheon on July 26.
The event is sponsored by the Maui County Planning & Coordinating Council, an umbrella organization made up of kupuna club officers countywide, with assistance from Maui Economic Opportunity. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Grand Wailea.
MEO job program for kupuna, SCSEP, suspended as federal funds cut
Maui Economic Opportunity will be suspending a three-decade-old on-the-job training program for Maui County kupuna on June 30 after receiving notification Monday that its contract had been terminated due to the uncertainty of federal funding.
Eleven kupuna will be losing their positions in the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which was established by the federal Older Americans Act to assist income eligible seniors, 55 years or older, who are unemployed…
MEO’s teen financial literacy class set for July 8-9
The two-day Financial Literacy for Teens workshop, covering topics such as budgeting, saving and credit, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8 and 9, at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku. The teen financial literacy workshop is offered at no cost and is put on...
MEO Core Four Business Planning Course set for July
The fourth Core Four Business Planning Course series of the year, presented by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center, starts Tuesday, July 1., and runs twice weekly through Thursday, July 31. Classes are in-person only at MEO’s Wailuku classroom, 99...
MEO seeking more responses to survey on causes of poverty in county
Maui Economic Opportunity has been gathering community’s input on the “causes that could lead to poverty” in Maui County and encourages more submissions before the survey’s deadline of Wednesday, June 25. So far MEO has received more than 200 responses, which will be...
Lolita Bucaneg, Reynaldo De Leon honored by Lahaina-Honolua senior club
Two octogenarians born 28 days and worlds apart – Lolita Bucaneg and Reynaldo De Leon – were honored at the Lahaina-Honolua Senior Citizens Club Older Americans Luncheon on May 21 at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku. More than 30 members attended the annual event...
MEO accepts H-HEAP utility credit applications June 1-30 countywide
The annual Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program (H-HEAP), which offers credits on utility bills for income-qualifying households, will accept applications between June 1 and June 30 at Maui Economic Opportunity offices in Wailuku, Hana, Lana`i City and Kaunakakai,...