I am with the nonprofit organization, Random Hacks of Kindness Junior. (www.rhokjr.org) Our mission is to empower students to use technology for social good.

Join Random Hacks of Kindness, Jr. at Sacred Heart Greenwich  on Saturday, February 25, 2017  to learn how to code for a cause! During a one-day “hackathon”, students in grades 4 - 8 will be paired with high school mentors to help develop and code prototype smartphone apps for local nonprofit organizations.

All students are welcome. This event is open to the public and requires no prior coding knowledge. Using MIT App Inventor, students will learn the basics of app design, as well as the ideation and brainstorming process required to build a successful prototype mobile application.

The one-day event will introduce boys and girls to technology and show how it can be used to create solutions that benefit non-profit organizations. “Participants will work with computer science mentors to create technology for social good,” said Patrice Gans, director of Random Acts of Kindness Jr. “By the end of the day, we hope they will see how technology can have a positive impact on someone’s life

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Random Hacks of Kindness Jr. is a nonprofit organization that empowers students to use technology to positively impact the challenges facing local nonprofits in their communities. For more information contact, Patrice Gans, reesegans@gmail.com