North OC is invited to “Hack for Health”

​Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana are making a healthy app this June

​​We often hear, “there’s an app for that!” but what about when there isn’t?

This June, the North OC community will gather to build a new app that helps neighbors find
healthy food and activities right here in Orange County.

The Alliance for a Healthy Orange County and the downtown Santa Ana business district have partnered to create a healthy app targeting specifically Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana where residents’ health is most at risk.

“Right now, we are inviting partners like schools, co-working spaces, creative offices and libraries to host ‘Pitch-a-thons’ on Saturday, June 17th at their locations,” said Ryan Smolar, Hacker-in-Chief of the “Hack for Health” project.

Pitch sites can be public or private but must be registered here in order to receive up-to-date instructions and have their app considered for development.

“A school or office may want to sign-up privately and host a pitch-a-thon for their students or
employees,” said Smolar, “while a library or community center could host a public event that
we’ll promote to the public at-large.”

After the pitch-a-thon, the teams with the best ideas will be invited back to participate a
“Hack-a-thon” on Saturday, June 24th, where our assembled development team will help the
pitch teams create the app using available APIs, data and platforms.

Finally, the app will launch at a celebration on the evening of Wednesday, June 28th.

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