Smartphone App can feed Hungry People:
A smartphone app that streamlines the entire process of making a food donation. Potential donors only need to enter a brief description of the food, snap a photo of it with their smartphone, and specify when the food needs to be picked up and how big a vehicle will be needed to transport it. The app identifies the donor’s exact location and sends details about the food to a virtual marketplace, using an algorithm to match the specific food type (e.g. “sandwiches” or “fruit”) with a human service organization that can use the food at that particular day and time. The app also identifies nearby members of Feeding Forward’s brigade of volunteer transporters who can pick up the food, usually within the hour.
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