MEO offers CPR training for deaf community
Deaf and hard of hearing members and supporters of Maui Economic Opportunity’s Maui Independent Living Center received CPR, automated external defibrillator and first aid training on May 6 at MEO in Wailuku. MEO Community Services Director Cassi Yamashita, a certified...
MEO Core Four – UHMC students collaborate ontrade show style presentation
Four entrepreneurs from Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four business planning series worked with 23 UH-Maui College Introduction to Graphic Design students on a Las Vegas-style trade show. The mutually beneficial project provided new businesses with logo and...
Free Lanai Shopping Shuttle resumes
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Lanai Shopping Shuttle to Maui resumed Tuesday, May 11 after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded through Maui County grants, MEO buses pick up residents, mostly seniors, from their homes, take them to Manele Harbor to board the...
LIHEAP Energy Credit Applications Accepted in June
Mayor declares May Community Action Month, praises MEO
Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino declared May Community Action Month in the county and recognized Maui Economic Opportunity for its contributions, especially with its work during the COVID-19 pandemic. A virtual proclamation ceremony was held Tuesday, May 4, and...
MEO thanks retiring Sen. J Kalani English…
MEO thanks retiring Sen. J. Kalani English for his years of service in support of MEO and Maui County Maui Economic Opportunity wishes to thank retiring state Sen. J. Kalani English for all he has done in the County Council and the state Legislature to support and...
MEO gala now set for Aug. 28
CONTACT: Lee Imada MEO Executive Administrative Assistant Ph.: (808) 243-4306 (w) (808) 283-0428 (c) Email: [email protected] The “. . . Do What Is Right” Maui Economic Opportunity Gala, which has been postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is now...
Administrative Professionals Appreciation Breakfast
MEO held its annual Administrative Professionals Appreciation Breakfast on Wednesday, April 21, in the classrooms. The Administrative Professionals and their supervisors attended the breakfast, which included a COVID-19 anagram contest, won by Alohalani Haupu and...
MEO Youth Services families cook uppasta and quality family time
About a dozen Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services families chopped garlic, boiled pasta and reduced cream on their stovetops at home – under the livestreamed guidance of two local chefs -- to whip up some Alfredo pasta and quality ohana time. “Dinner is all about...
Testimony from a parent of MEO Head Start
Margaret Burrows-Nahoopii, who has a child enrolled in MEO Head Start, offers a heartfelt appreciation for the life-changing services the early-childhood program offers. "Without them, this Momma would be a struggling Momma, trying to do things on my own," she says in...