1,300 kupuna receive coupons for fresh food; SFMNP applications closed
All of the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program funds have been committed for the year, applications will no longer be accepted….
Fun, food and friendship at 52nd annual Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
MEO, Inc, in partnership with the Maui County Planning and Coordinating Council, will host the 52nd Annual Kupuna Aloha…
MEO offers CDL course without cost to previously incarcerated individuals
A Certified Driver’s License training course, offered at no cost to previously incarcerated Maui County residents, will be held in May by Maui Economic Opportunity.
Classes typically take about three weeks, but the….
MEO long-sleeve shirt drive for farmworkers brings in 257 shirts
A Maui Economic Opportunity-led effort to collect long-sleeve shirts for farmworkers to protect them from pesticide and heat exposure netted 257 shirts from March 24 to 31 as part of an Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program national drive….
Empowering Reentering Women
Bishop Pahia, ‘lifeline’ for those released from jail/prison retires
Bishop Pahia has been a “lifeline” for more than a thousand inmates released from jail and prison during his 15 years with Maui Economic Opportunity’s Being Empowered and Safe Together (BEST) program….
Annual collection of long-sleeve shirts for farmworkers March 24-31
The annual long-sleeve shirt collection drive for farmworkers will be held from March 24 to 31. Drop off sites on Maui are Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku and Hana and the American Job Center at the Maui Service Center in Kahului. Shown are some of the shirts collected last year.
SFMNP offers kupuna $50 in coupons for food from farmers markets
Kupuna participating in the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program will be able to redeem $50 in coupons at farmers markets like this one at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center in 2022. Applications for the program currently are being accepted through MEO.
Yanagida, Highridge Costa named Volunteer, Benefactor of Year
Fitness and wellness specialist Justin Yanagida and affordable housing developer Highridge Costa were honored as Volunteer of the Year and Benefactor of the Year, respectively, at Maui Economic Opportunity’s 38th Volunteer Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Maui Economic Opportunity delegation including staff and clients visited
A Maui Economic Opportunity delegation including staff and clients visited lawmakers’ offices on the opening day of the state Legislature on Wednesday on Oahu..