Aloha Backpack Buddies bags prepared for MEO Head Start
Members of Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start pack bags of food for Head Start preschoolers as part of the Maui Food Bank Aloha Backpack Buddies program on March 24 for the three-day Kuhio Day weekend. The Backpack program assists children as young as preschool...
Facemasks still required on MEO buses
Maui Economic Opportunity reminds riders of Maui Bus paratransit and Maui County Human Services transport that facemasks or coverings still are required, per federal regulations. Maui County and the state have relaxed pandemic rules, including the lifting of mask...
MEO joins Molokai Community Resource Fair
Maui Economic Opportunity Community Services, National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) and Molokai Branch staff joined the Molokai Community Resource Fair on March 19 at Lanikeha Community Center in Ho‘olehua. Community Services Director Cassi Yamashita and NFJP...
Nearly 500 individuals assisted by Mexican Consulate at MEO
The Mexican Consulate handled about 480 appointments on March 26 and 27 at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku, helping individuals and families with their passports and other documentation. This was the first visit by the Consulate in two years due to the pandemic...
Kupuna advocate Zilpah Kaimiola named MEO Employee of the Month
Zilpah Kaimiola, Planning & Coordinating Council Senior Coordinator, was named Maui Economic Opportunity Employee of the Month for January for her caring nature that helps kupuna traverse life changes. “The work she does requires listening skills, patience,...
Career Day at Dole Park
Driver Garrett Hera manned the MEO booth at Career Day at Dole Park in Lāna‘i City on Saturday, March 12. He is shown with former MEO driver Julio Russo.
Lt. Gov. Josh Green visits MEO
Lt. Gov. Josh Green spent about two hours at Maui Economic Opportunity’s Wailuku and Puunene offices on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, visiting a kupuna gathering and discussing the broad work of the nonprofit agency to help people in need in Maui County. Upon arriving at...
Coupons for fresh produce available for seniors
Applications currently are being accepted for the 2022 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides low-income seniors with fresh produce from Maui farmers markets. Each participant will receive 10 $5 coupons, worth a total of $50, to exchange for...
Volunteer of the Year nominee
Corina Gutierrez, who has been working long distance from New Mexico on her own time with Maui Independent Living Center, received her certificate and MEO kukui nut lei as Volunteer of The Year nominee for Community Services last week. MILC Coordinator Nani Watanabe...
MEO BDC director meets with emergency shelter residents
Maui Economic Opportunity’s David Daly discussed programs offered by his Business Development Center from financial literacy to business planning to a handful of residents at the emergency shelter Wahi Ho‘omalu ‘O Wailuku. Daly, director of BDC, held an informal talk...