MEO Youth Services keiki learn about Makahiki
Kumu Teva Medeiros taught 10 Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services keiki about traditional Makahiki customs on Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Ulua Beach in Kihei. He imparted on the high school and intermediate youths the importance Native Hawaiian warriors put on physical...
MEO Youth Services gift wrapping raises nearly $900
The morning rain did not dampen Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services’ fifth annual gift wrapping event on Dec. 22, which raised $863 in donations. Youth Services’ staff and intermediate and high school students wrapped hundreds of gifts. The money raised will go...
Gift wrapping at MEO
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services team is wrapping gifts today, Wednesday, Dec. 22, at the MEO Wailuku offices at 99 Mahalani St. Staff and youths will be accepting gifts for wrapping until about 3 p.m. The wrapping is free but donations are accepted. For more...
MEO Youth Services collecting gifts, making ornaments, gift wrapping
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services intermediate and high schoolers are busy spreading holiday cheer making ornaments for kupuna and collecting toys and infant care necessities for keiki at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers. Program participants, who...
MEO Youth Services youths pick up 2,104 cigarette butts to mark the Great American Smokeout
A total of 2,104 cigarette butts were picked up by Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services participants at the Kahului Harbor Breakwater in conjunction with the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 18. The 18 youths scoured the breakwater off Kahului Beach Road...
MEO Youth Services-leaders join homeless awareness sign waving
About 25 Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services participants and agency staff held signs that read “Homelessness Affects You,” “Everyone Should Have A Home” and “Imagine a Maui Where everyone lives in a House” on Tuesday, Nov. 16, along Kaahumanu Avenue as part of a...
Great American Smokeout 2021
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‘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...
MEO Youth Services after-school members offer anti-suicide messages
About a dozen members of Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services program waved signs like “Tomorrow Needs You,” "Malama Iā ‘Oe Iho - Take Care Of Yourself," and "Asking for Help Is A Sign of Courage” on Wednesday, Sept. 8, to help mark Suicide Prevention Week....
MEO Youth Services offers anti-bullying, suicide program
A youth bullying and suicide prevention program, Defenders Connect, will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 23, 24 and 26 via Zoom. It is a training program for 7th to 12th graders that focuses on identifying youths...