Four students from Dallas ISD School for the Talented and Gifted created FoodNex to help coordinate food donations.
There's an app for everything. So why not one to solve hunger? That's why 4 students from Dallas ISD's School for the Talented and Gifted created"Just a group of kids at a high school," TAG senior Ben Peckham said."We could take on an issue so challenging as food waste."
'When we volunteered at these areas, there would be weekly food distribution events to families and by the end of the event, we would often, like, run out of food," TAG senior Dat Tran said."That, like, really hurt my heart because they wouldn't receive the food that they needed."Get DFW local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox."I was an immigrant from Vietnam," Tran said."Growing up, it was a struggle for me and my family.
So Tran and Peckham, along with classmate Akhil Peddikuppa, and DISD grad Vedant Tapiavala created the FoodNex app. "So FoodNex is a mobile app that connects businesses with extra food to hunger assistance organizations like food pantries and food banks," Peddikuppa said.
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