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MEO to provide financial education, credit counseling to fire survivors

Maui Economic Opportunity will provide money management education, credit counseling and debt management assistance to those impacted by the August 2023 wildfires with a grant from the American Red Cross.

MEO Teen financial literacy workshop set Oct. 8-9 at Cameron Center

The two-day Financial Literacy for Teens workshop, covering topics such as budgeting, saving and credit, will be held during the Fall Break week on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 8 and 9, at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku. The teen financial literacy workshop is offered at no cost and is put on by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center.

MEO Teen Financial Literacy workshop draws 29 youth

Twenty-nine middle and high school youth learned the importance of creating an emergency fund, not applying for 15 credit cards and that “you never get a second chance to make a first impression” when applying for a job at the two-day Maui Economic Opportunity Teen Financial Literacy workshop this week.

MEO offers Teen Financial Literacy workshop to state DLIR program youth

Twenty-nine state labor department summer program participants on Maui and Moloka‘i learned basic financial management in Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Center’s (BDC’s) Teen Financial Literacy workshop on Monday, June 24.

MEO hosts Financial Literacy for Teens workshop on July 1 and 2

A two-day Financial Literacy for Teens workshop, which covers basic money management skills, will be held in-person Monday, July 1, and Tuesday, July 2, at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku.

Teens learn value of saving for goals, like grad party, at MEO Financial Literacy Workshop

About 30 intermediate and high school students learned the value of budgeting and saving for goals, like a graduation party, at the Maui Economic Opportunity Teen Financial Literacy Workshop, held Oct. 9 and 10 at MEO in Wailuku.

21 youth learn life financial lessons at Maui Economic Opportunity class series

Twenty-one high and middle school age youth learned the value of good credit, budgeting and the difference between credit and debit cards at Maui Economic Opportunity’s Teen Financial Literacy class series held Monday and Tuesday.

MEO Holds First Session of Teen Financial Literacy Workshop, July 20

The four-session program offered through MEO’s Business Development Center covers budgeting and savings, basic banking, applying for jobs, credit – and its importance – and more.

MEO Opens Course Registration for Core Four Business Planning Series

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center will begin its next series of “Core Four Business Planning” classes on Tuesday, March 2 through Thursday, April 1.