MEO helps Kimokeo Foundation distribute donations on Lanai
The Kimokeo Foundation working hand in hand with Maui Economic Opportunity provided dry goods for kupuna in need on Lana‘i in late January, coincidently when there was a disruption in food surplus shipments to the island. The foundation donated toilet paper, paper...
BDC offers a FREE Financial Literacy Workshop for adults
The “Money Matters” Adult Financial Literacy Workshop is a two part series that will be held February 16 & 17 via Zoom. This workshop is available to all Maui County residents, including Lana'i and Moloka'i. Workshop topics include: Understanding Spending...
Heart healthy walk by MEO staff, youths
About 20 Maui Economic Opportunity staff and Youth Services participants took a brisk walk around the J. Walter Cameron Center on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to kick off American Heart Month. Youth Services led heart healthy activities and monitoring at the nonprofit agency....
Youth Services makes headbands for Head Start preschoolers
To mark Chinese New Year and the Year of the Tiger, Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services made “tiger” headbands with special messages for students and staff in MEO Head Start preschools. The intermediate and high school students worked on the paper headbands on...
MEO’s Youth Services holiday activities
Maui Economic Opportunity's Youth Services holiday activities were featured in the Jan. 11, 2022, online edition of the AFOP Washington Newsline. A photo of Haley Taibemal wrapping gifts leads the segment on Youth Services' gift wrapping, gift collections for Ka Hale...
Project Graduation funding available for public, private high schools
An Project Graduation 2022 informational meeting will be held virtually at 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, for interested Maui County public and private high schools. Maui County has allotted $41,700 for the program aimed at promoting alcohol and drug free graduation...
Patty Copperfield named MEO Employee of the Month
Transportation Director Patty Copperfield was selected Maui Economic Opportunity November Employee of the Month for her “can-do” attitude and modeling teamwork for her department. Patty was recognized at the MEO holiday staff gathering on Dec. 21. Her nominator,...
Darrell DeMello retires after 25 years of driving for MEO
Darrell DeMello parked his bus for the last time in the Maui Economic Opportunity Puunene lot on Jan. 14, 2022, ending a 25-year career as a passenger assisted technician driver. A retirement gathering was held on his last day at the Puunene Transportation facility....
MEO BDC offers Money Matters Adult Financial Literacy Workshop
The first Money Matters Adult Financial Literacy Workshop series of the new year, offered by Maui Economic Opportunity's Business Development Center, will be held 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 19 and 20. The two-day workshop will help attendees understand and manage daily...
Sherrilynn Nishikuni named MEO Assistant Director of Transportation
Maui Economic Opportunity has named Sherrilynn Nishikuni as Assistant Director of Transportation, the No. 2 post in the department. In her 21 years at MEO Transportation, Nishikuni has driven buses and served as a dispatcher/reservationist, scheduler/planner and lead...