The four high school students split a $3,000 prize for their app, which allows shelters to report what they need so restaurants and volunteer groups can donate the right things. About 30 teams competed in the app contest, the theme of which was civic engagement.
Other apps to come out of the contest included one that allows business owners who want murals to connect with artists who want to paint murals, an app for finding someone to bike home with, a mapping app that tracks city planning permits over time, an app that tracks crime data over time, and an app that tracks linguistic trends on Twitter.
Second place in the hackathon went to the creator of an app that allows people to report water wastage like broken sprinklers.