MEO Teen Financial Literacy workshop set in June
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Teen Financial Literacy Workshop will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. June 20, 22, 27 and 29. The four-session program offered through MEO’s Business Development Center covers budgeting and savings, basic banking, applying for jobs, credit and...
Sherrilynn Nishikuni named MEO Employee of the Month
Assistant Director of Transportation Sherrilynn Nishikuni was named Maui Economic Opportunity Employee of the Month for her ability to “wear many hats” and work her way up from driver to the No. 2 post in the department. “Need a supervisor, dispatcher, reservationist...
Candidates invited to 50th Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
Candidates for public office are invited to sign up for a display table at the 50th Kupuna Aloha Luncheon, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 30, in the Grand Wailea Haleakala Ballroom. Five decades ago, the event was organized by Maui Economic Opportunity to give...
Construction Industry of Maui donates to MEO
Maui Economic Opportunity received a check for $2,500 from the Construction Industry of Maui on Wednesday, May 18, to support the agency’s programs to reintegrate, train and employ recently released inmates. This is the second consecutive year that the construction...
The Real Deal brings UH-Maui College students MEO entrepreneurs together
UH-Maui College graphic design students gave their logo design pitch to Maui Economic Opportunity business planning class entrepreneurs in the collaborative “The Real Deal” event on May 9. Students in the college’s “Intro to Graphic Design (CM 125)” were paired with...
Volunteers sought for surplus food distribution on Lanai
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Lana‘i Branch needs volunteers to assist with the monthly surplus food distribution to residents in need. The distribution at the MEO office at 1144 Ilima Ave., No. 102, usually occurs at mid-morning on the third Thursday of the month....
MEO Abilities Awareness Fair entertains, educates
Hundreds of people visited information booths, took in the entertainment and learned about acceptance of persons with disabilities at the third Maui Economic Opportunity Abilities Awareness Fair on April 30 at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center. Put on by MEO’s Maui...
MEO at the Molokai Drug Free Movement
MEO offers information, swag at Moloka‘i Drug Free Movement event Youths tried to connect the dots with inebriation simulation goggles, picked up swag and learned about Maui Economic Opportunity services at the Moloka‘i Drug Free Movement event on Saturday, May 7, at...
Spring edition of the National Farmworker Jobs Program is out
The spring edition of the National Farmworker Jobs Program is out. The lead story is about Mahi Pono and its farming operations on Maui. MEO operates the NFJP program statewide under a federal grant....
MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe thanked Mayor Michael Victorino
MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe thanked Mayor Michael Victorino, Maui County Council, private donors and the community for supporting MEO for the past 57 years at a Community Action Month proclamation signing in the mayor’s conference room. MEO is the county’s Community Action...