Candidates and officeholders may join Kupuna Aloha Luncheon on July 27
David Yanagisako leads the Kupuna Aloha Luncheon in the Pledge of Allegiance on July 30, 2022, at the Grand Wailea. In an election year, more than 40 candidates for public office met with kupuna at the event.
1,300 kupuna receive coupons for fresh food; SFMNP applications closed
All of the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program funds have been committed for the year, applications will no longer be accepted….
Fun, food and friendship at 52nd annual Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
MEO, Inc, in partnership with the Maui County Planning and Coordinating Council, will host the 52nd Annual Kupuna Aloha…
23 youth join MEO’s overnight Kamp Kāohi on Molokai
Twenty-three Moloka‘i youth participated in games and activities that highlighted the negative impacts of alcohol, tobacco and….
MEO offers CDL course without cost to previously incarcerated individuals
A Certified Driver’s License training course, offered at no cost to previously incarcerated Maui County residents, will be held in May by Maui Economic Opportunity.
Classes typically take about three weeks, but the….
MEO long-sleeve shirt drive for farmworkers brings in 257 shirts
A Maui Economic Opportunity-led effort to collect long-sleeve shirts for farmworkers to protect them from pesticide and heat exposure netted 257 shirts from March 24 to 31 as part of an Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program national drive….
Empowering Reentering Women
Bishop Pahia, ‘lifeline’ for those released from jail/prison retires
Bishop Pahia has been a “lifeline” for more than a thousand inmates released from jail and prison during his 15 years with Maui Economic Opportunity’s Being Empowered and Safe Together (BEST) program….
Officers elected for MEO’s M.A.U.I. Kanaktion Teen Task Force
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services participants seeking to create new initiatives and strategies to prevent harmful behaviors in Maui County youth have organized and selected officers for their M.A.U.I. (Making An Unforgettable Impact) Kanaktion Teen Task Force…
Annual collection of long-sleeve shirts for farmworkers March 24-31
The annual long-sleeve shirt collection drive for farmworkers will be held from March 24 to 31. Drop off sites on Maui are Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku and Hana and the American Job Center at the Maui Service Center in Kahului. Shown are some of the shirts collected last year.