Head Starts Ashley Caris named Employee of the Month
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Employee of the Month Ashley Caris offered insight and empathy for workers and clients as Head Start preschool made decisions amid the uncertainties of the pandemic. “This empathy has been useful in many instances, such as the logistics of...
Suicide prevention trainings set Aug 23-24 on Molokai
Suicide Prevention Basics, two-hour training workshops, will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services on Aug. 23 and 24 at MEO in Kaunakakai. The trainings are for parents/guardians and will cover suicide risks, warning signs, how to listen, self-care...
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MEO Youth Services wraps up summer program for youth
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services summer program came to an end last week after a busy two months of community service projects, such as reading to preschoolers and organizing Bingo for kupuna, and fun activities that included snorkeling at Molokini and a Maui...
Lee Imada named MEO Employee of the Month
Executive Assistant Lee Imada was named Maui Economic Opportunity Employee of the Month at a virtual general staff meeting Friday, July 29. He was nominated by Mae Koyanagi, who is one of two administration staff he supervises. “I will hear him talking to people who...
MEO Business Development Center offering credit counseling services
Residents facing worrisome credit debt or needing advice on managing their student loans can now turn to Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center for help. The Business Development Center recently certified staff members on Maui and Moloka‘i as national...
MEO NFJP conducts pesticide safety heat stress protection trainings
About 80 farmworkers on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island were trained in pesticide and heat stress protection last week by Maui Economic Opportunity’s National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) trainers. The Worker Protection Standard, Heat Stress Prevention and Pesticide...
Thank you Chelsea Davis and Hawaii News Now for highlighting the theft of gas
Thank you Chelsea Davis and Hawaii News Now for highlighting the theft of gas from two of our buses last month. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/07/22/gas-thefts-rise-maui-county/ The bus gas lines have been repaired and security increased at the Puunene base yard....
MEO had bus fuel lines cut
MEO had fuel lines cut with gasoline taken from two buses. Extra security measures have been taken. Fuel prices have been rising like crazy but theft is not the answer. https://bit.ly/3PsDQUK
