Poverty: now there’s an app for that
“A Duluth high school student saw a news program about homeless children, and instead of changing the channel he decided to help. Four years and thousands of dollars later, Jack Griffin has developed a free online service that links the hungry with food. Griffin was a student at Peachtree Ridge High School when he saw a 60 Minutes report that moved him: a family with elementary school-aged kids had been rendered homeless by medical bills and was living out of a truck. Shocked, he talked to his teachers and school administrators and learned that homelessness was a hidden but significant problem in the schools around him in Gwinnett County. He considered volunteering in a pantry or shelter, but had a hard time finding one nearby.”