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Inspiration

One of the most important issues in the Bronx is poverty. After the pandemic occurred, a lot of families weren't able to get food, a stable form of income, healthcare, and other resources. We wanted to combat the food and nutritional aspect of this issue which affects a wide range of residents in the Bronx. A part of this idea came from a canned food drive our school was holding where we could bring in canned goods to donate for those in need of it. We soon realized a lot of people don't have information regarding food drives and pantries because many websites are outdated, inaccurate, and doesn't contain all of the information in one system. To create a more consistent and efficient system that's available to everyone, we decided to create Foodify. Foodify locates the nearest food drive/pantry based on your location and also informs the user of the delivery schedule, food available in stock, and updates users of any changes in the food drives.

What it does

Our program asks users to input their zip code which then gets scanned. Then the program outputs information about the nearest food drive/pantry based on the user's zip code.

How we built it

Using Java, we used a text scanner to scan the user's input and if statements to return information on food drives and pantries for the user.

Challenges we ran into

The main challenge was that neither of us are proficient in Java as we are both still learning it. This meant that we weren't able to program the complete program, nor were we able to create an app implementing our idea.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

While creating this program, we felt grateful to have the privilege to be able to create an app that would help our community. We felt proud of ourselves for attempting to improve our community and we can't wait to see how Foodify evolves in the future.

What we learned

Putting ideas down into code is quite difficult, let alone coding an entire app. However, we did learn a bit more about the Bronx community and the variety of food drives and pantries. We saw a glimpse of history and religious and social culture that is prevalent in the Bronx.