MEO board volunteers celebrated for giving back to the community
- by Maui Now
- Jun 26, 2024
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A list of accomplishments for MEO in the last fiscal year included wildfires relief, receiving an EV van, staging the second Kamp KÄohi for teens on Molokaâi, and hosting senior events, such as the Kupuna Aloha Luncheon.
âWe are very fortunate to have generous funders, strong community partners, dedicated staff, committed volunteers and an impressive roster of board members,â Cabebe said.
Martin said MEO has been âa true cornerstone of our communityâ and thanked board members for being âbold, dedicated and compassionate leaders.ââThe best of our community always shows up and… are in each of you here through nonprofit work within MEO,â she said.
Standing in for Mayor Richard Bissen, who was traveling back from Washington, D.C., Martin pointed out that $77 million is allocated to Maui County nonprofits in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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âWe tap into the capable grassroots agencies to expand our support, leverage what we can,â she said. âYou make our foundation as a community strong and resilient.
âOur nonprofits support and give hope to our houseless, our immigrants, our hungry, our poor, our children, our community seniors, our residents who want to better their employment opportunities through training and programs.
âOur combined efforts today really reflect on what we know to be our responsibility, our kuleana, to make this place we call home, the people that we share it with and the experiences that we truly live together will become better and be made better.â
Thayer reflected on the impact of volunteers, leaders and board members that he observed while taking photos and covering events for The Maui News.
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âWhat a difference you make for our community,â he said. âI donât think Maui could run without our volunteers, people who step up.â
Thayer, who retired from The Maui News in early June, expressed the joy and âchicken skinâ he felt from serving on the board of Kihei AYSO and working with special needs youth.
His work as a photojournalist for the last 44 years âwas really about the community, about the people, being welcomed, and people telling their stories, sharing their time,â he said. And some of his photo subjects had stories to tell, just waiting to be unlocked by a reporter.
âThat was quite an honorâ to record their stories, he said.
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