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Maize and Blue Cupboard App

What has been done so far?

Tech 4 Social Good

Where are we headed?

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Mission

The Maize and Blue Cupboard is a grocery store at the University of Michigan that supplies free food and supplies to students, faculty, and staff to address food insecurity on campus. They are expanding their services into a hub of resources including assistance applying for SNAP benefits and learning healthy recipes. To increase their impact, they need a way to communicate their content and services to those who would benefit on campus.

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Our Main Goal

Increase accessibility and awareness of the food pantry through development of a mobile app

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Client Needs

Weekly recipes shared with users

Want to be able to send notifications to users (i.e. cupboard is closed today due to weather)

Appointment scheduling for visits to the cupboard as well as SNAP advising appointments

MBC not sure if this is feasible

Recipes

Notifications

Scheduling

Potential Chat Feature

What should the app do?

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    • Were given a foundation of research that provided the scope of the project
    • Development was initially started in AppGyver, moved to React Native for cross-platform compatibility
    • Sketching, creating wireframes, and designing in Figma

Our Approach

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Challenges

    • Developing in React Native is a trade-off: it ensures that the app is available to everyone regardless of OS, but has a steep learning curve

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    • The client’s needs are ever-evolving

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Accessibility

    • Designs will be audited for accessibility throughout the process
      • Color contrat analyzer
      • Axe Accessibility Validator
      • WAVE Accessibility Validator
    • Other considerations
      • Ability to choose language

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Thank you!