#Cliff Alakai

Middle School Menehune Basketball League tips off in 2026

The Maui Middle School Menehune Basketball League has announced the start of its 2026 season, with player evaluations underway for students in grades 6 through 8 across Maui County.

MEO installs board members for 2025-26, marks 60-year anniversary

Maui Economic Opportunity’s 60th-year Board of Directors, led again by Carol Reimann, were installed last month with Mayor Richard Bissen, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and state Sen. Lynn DeCoite joining the candle-themed ceremony.

MEO board volunteers celebrated for giving back to the community

MEO assisted 20,365 individuals/families touching nearly 43,000 lives in the last fiscal year, MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe said. MEO buses on Maui, (including East Maui), Moloka‘i, and Lāna‘i, provided 270,555 rides for 5,774 unduplicated passengers.

Maui Economic Opportunity Board of Directors swears in officers for 2023-24 year

The Maui Economic Opportunity’s Board of Directors appointed officers for the 2023-24 fiscal year, with Judge Rhonda Loo symbolically handing out keys to signify each member’s responsibility to the organization.

Cliff Alakai, Nuestro Futuro Foundation honored at annual nonprofit event

The Nuestro Futuro Foundation, whose grant supported MEO’s efforts to bring its Youth Services tobacco, alcohol, drugs, bullying and suicide prevention programs to Moloka‘i, was selected as Benefactor of the Year. 

Carol Reimann installed as new Board President of Maui Economic Opportunity

Maui Economic Opportunity symbolically put together the pieces of the Board of Directors leadership team, led by Carol Reimann, at the board’s annual meeting Thursday, July 7, at the MEO Wailuku office.

Retired Judge Rhonda Loo Installs MEO Board of Directors for 2021-22

Recently retired 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo installed the 2021-22 Maui Economic Opportunity Board of Directors at its June 24 meeting, stating MEO’s mission is similar to what she envisioned when she took the bench.

New Board Officers Installed at Maui Economic Opportunity

The Maui Economic Opportunity Board installed its new officers during the organization’s 49th Annual meeting in Wailuku on Thursday, June 26, 2014.