MEO Abilities Awareness Fair entertains, educates
Hundreds of people visited information booths, took in the entertainment and learned about acceptance of persons with disabilities at the third Maui Economic Opportunity Abilities Awareness Fair on April 30 at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center. Put on by MEO’s Maui...
Spring edition of the National Farmworker Jobs Program is out
The spring edition of the National Farmworker Jobs Program is out. The lead story is about Mahi Pono and its farming operations on Maui. MEO operates the NFJP program statewide under a federal grant....
MEO collects 158 long sleeve shirts for farmworkers
Maui Economic Opportunity collected 158 shirts for the National Long Sleeve Shirt Drive, aimed at protecting farmworkers from pesticides and heat in the fields, from March 26 to April 2. MEO works with farmworkers and farms statewide through the National Farmworker...
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...
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...
Aloha Independent Living Hawaii gives tablets to MEO clients
Aloha Independent Living Hawaii (AILH) arranged for four Maui Economic Opportunity Maui Independent Living Center (MILC) deaf clients to obtain cellular-enabled iPads, accessories and one-year of data connectivity to help them live independently. The individuals, who...
Spanish-Language COVID-19 Vaccinations Virtual Webinar
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MEO Volunteer, Benefactor of the Year to be announced Mon. Feb 14
Maui Economic Opportunity will be announcing the Volunteer and Benefactor of the Year on Monday, Feb. 14, at the 36th Annual Volunteer Celebration. The in-person portion of the event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at MEO in Wailuku, is closed with MEO limiting...
‘Ai Hua Food Voucher program under way
Applications are being accepted from Native Hawaiians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic for the ‘Ai Hua food voucher program, funded by a $150,000 Office of Hawaiian Affairs grant and administered by Maui Economic Opportunity. A fillable application is available...
Maui Independent Living Center given partnership award
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Maui Independent Living Center (MILC) received a Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Partner Award for 2021 for its work with the Maui Community Partner’s Coalition. Mountain-Pacific Quality Health (MPQH) is a nonprofit health care improvement...