HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

27

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

CONGRATULATING MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. ON RECEIVING THE 2003 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY ACTION.

 

 

WHEREAS, MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. was created by congressional mandate as a private, nonprofit community action agency and is now in its 39th year of serving over 20,000 people throughout Maui County and the State, with offices in Wailuku, Kahului, Lanai City, and Kaunakakai; and

WHEREAS, through the contributions of thousands of staff and volunteers within the organization and members of the community throughout the decades, MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. has fulfilled its mission "to help the low-income elderly, children and youth; persons with disabilities; immigrants; other disadvantaged persons; and the general public to help themselves, so that they may become self-sufficient and enrich their lives;" and

WHEREAS, the advocacy work of MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. includes: public transportation services for the elderly and disabled, a Head Start program for young children, a senior nutrition program, the Being Empowered and Safe Together Reintegration Project to help inmates just released from prison, support of the speedy development of affordable housing, the creation of 43 senior clubs now independently run and active in community affairs, and the introduction of solar energy and energy conservation to Maui County; and

WHEREAS, after a rigorous application process, MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. was chosen to receive the 2003 Award for Excellence in Community Action, one of the first community-action agencies in the Nation to receive this designation by the National Community Action Partnership, based on its proven capacity to achieve excellence in the areas of: mission, leadership and governance, resident participation,

administration and management, planning, program development, service delivery, advocacy, community coordination and partnerships, and achievement of results; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, that this body hereby commends and honors MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. for receiving the 2003 Award for Excellence in Community Action and for being a model to Hawaii and the Nation, and extends its heartfelt mahalo and best wishes for continued success.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

CONGRATULATING MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC.