Kathy Jimenez named MEO September Employee of the Month
Rental Assistance “Guru” Kathy Jimenez, who has been offering funding, empathy and hope to families beset with financial difficulties due to the pandemic, was named Maui Economic Opportunity’s Employee of the Month for September. “Faced with an ever-changing landscape...
MEO’s Heather Wells earns Debt Management Professional certification
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Heather Wells has been certified as a Debt Management Professional and will be available to help clients of the nonprofit agency that works with people in need to come up with plans to extricate themselves from crisis and to better manage...
MEO joins superheroes and goblins at Halloween Drive-Thru
Maui Economic Opportunity joined the Maui County Drive-Thru Adventure on Halloween afternoon/evening at Keopuolani Park. MEO’s group of ’60s Hippiesters, donning tie-dye bandanas and shirts, vests and peace signs, handed out more than 1,000 bags of gummies and...
‘Ohana Fright Night features movie- activities at MEO
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services screened the movie “Hocus Pocus” and offered other Halloween activities at its 'Ohana Fright Night. The event drew about 10 families and 50 children to the parking lot of MEO in Wailuku on the evening of Oct. 22 in an event...
48th Maui County Senior Fair a virtual affair
The 48th Maui County Senior Fair – held virtually for the second year in a row due to the pandemic – offered entertainment from Na Pilimehana and Kaina Kountry, messages from top Hawaii and Maui County government officials, exercise breaks by Enhance Fitness and prize...
Winner of business plan contest appears on Hawaii News Now
Thank you to Jim Mendoza of Hawaii News Now for reporting on the winner of a $25,000 grant in a Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Center business planning contest. Landa Ampong was interviewed for the story on God’s Lanes, LLC, a startup e-commerce retail...
Applications for Agricultural Micro Grant Program available
Applications for the popular Agricultural Micro Grant Program 2.0 – which offers up to $25,000 in grants to Maui County small farmers and administered by Maui Economic Opportunity – are available beginning today, Oct. 14. The $1.5 million Maui County-funded program is...
God’s Lanes athleisure startup wins $25,000 MEO program grant
Landa Ampong’s business plan for God’s Lanes, LLC, a startup e-commerce retail company offering faith-based athleisure apparel to Christian men and women, was judged the best plan and awarded $25,000 in a Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Center contest....
MEO food deliveries in Hana
Maui Economic Opportunity Hana Office made its regular food package run to kupuna on Tuesday, Sept. 28, delivering about 25 packages. MEO Hana assists the Maui Food Bank with the twice monthly deliveries in a partnership with Kaunoa Senior Services and ‘Ohana Makamae....
MEO receives $211,226 grant for senior employment program
A Maui Economic Opportunity program that provides on-the-job training for Maui County seniors and is currently seeking applicants has received a $211,226 federal grant that runs through June 2022. Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) was established by...