Maui Business

Maui Economic Opportunity announced the hire of Kris A. Padin as the organization’s Information Technology Manager.

KTA is partnering with Pacific Biodiesel and Maiden Hawai‘i Naturals to make it easier for consumers to purchase locally made culinary oil,  recycle their household used cooking oil, and help support families in need this holiday season. 

Subaru Hawai‘i will donate more than $50,000 total in matching donations to select local nonprofits across Hawai‘i during its first Love in Action campaign. This campaign replaces its Share the Love Sales Event, which typically donated $250 per vehicle sold during November and December.

Thirteen members of the Maui deaf community received COVID-19 booster shots and two others got their first vaccine dose Monday in a vaccination event coordinated by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Maui Independent Living Center.

This year, 29 businesses raised $10,680 and 4,562 pounds of food, which combined will provide 46,312 meals to individuals and families across the Maui Food Bank’s network.

Skyline Hawai‘i, operator of the first zipline tour in the US, has become the first Hawai‘i-based signatory to The Climate Pledge, a commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 or sooner.

The Thanks for Giving Food Drive is taking place throughout November at Maui Mall Village in Kahului, with participating retailers accepting non-perishable dry goods, canned goods and checks made payable to “Maui Food Bank.”

Because of a federal requirement for Maui County staff to prepare and review immigration applications, forms and other documents, the Department of Housing and Human Concerns’ Immigrant Services Division will no longer provide such services beginning Dec. 1, the department announced.

Moku Roots at Lahaina Gateway will feature special Thanksgiving menus on Thursday, Nov. 25 for dine in or take home.

In celebration of Thanksgiving, special menus are available at The Shops at Wailea’s restaurants (Lineage, Longhiʻs and Ruthʻs Chris Steak House) on Thursday, Nov. 25.

The 2020 edition of the Maui County Data Book, which contains 200 pages of comprehensive statistics about Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, is now available in book form and online. 

Maui BBQ Grills & Outdoor Kitchens will celebrate its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, at its showroom in the Kīhei Commercial Center.

Hawaiian Lending and Investments, a nonprofit founded by the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, has joined the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development organization (CAPACD). 

This is Jimenez’s second Employee of the Month award, having earned the honor for January 2019. A Housing Specialist III, she joined MEO in June 2017.

Musician and artist Paula Fuga is Subaru Hawaiʻi’s brand ambassador for its first Love in Action campaign, which plans to donate more than $50,000 to five nonprofits in Hawaiʻi.

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Heather Wells has been certified as a Debt Management Professional, which enables her to help clients address financial crisis and better manage current and future finances.

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea will host the 31st Annual Day of Hope Run/Walk, with proceeds to benefit Pacific Cancer Foundation, Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children, and American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge.

Maui Economic Development Board presents a free online webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 10, exploring the funding opportunities still available to small businesses in Maui County navigating their pathway to recovery.

Hawaiʻi will receive up to $100,000 to create a plan and policies for building advanced digital skills in the state’s

Just in time for holiday cooking and feasting, Hawaiian Electric employees published “Classic Eats and Modern Treats,” a nostalgic 150-page cookbook packed with timeless recipes and new culinary discoveries to raise funds for United Way chapters across the state.