Random Hacks of Kindness returns to the Capitol of the free world Let's #RHoKDC

WASHINGTON - Nov. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Help Earth Foundation and Grindhub are excited to lead the Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon on Dec. 4-6th, 2015 hosted at Union Market, DC one of the District most talked about communities.   At the event developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, students and activists will come together to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, cities, states and country.

The focus for this December #RHoKDC Hackathon is on Community, Data, and Solutions from Art Apps for DCArts to Social Media Emergency Response applications for local Emergency Managers or Nonprofts operating in that area as well.  There’s also a public blockchain challenge from Altavozcoin.com. RHoK supplies the challenges, datasets, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake.  Attendees bring their laptop, skills, and ideas. Whether you are a backend person, designer, student, or data geek - you are invited to attend this event.

Let us know about your challenges or ideas or bring them to the meeting.  To get a sense of what RHoK has covered in the past, please visit RHoK.org

DETAILS:

WHO: Calling all developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, students and activists

WHAT: Random Hacks of Kindness December Global Hackathon for Good

WHERE:  Hosted by Union Market DC, 715 5th St NE , Washington, D.C. 20002

WHEN: Friday, Dec 4th 5-7:30 Happy Hour  Saturday, Dec. 5th (9 AM-6 PM)  and  Sunday, Dec. 6th (9AM-6 PM)

REGISTER: https://rhokdc1215.eventbrite.com/# (http://rhokdc.com)

INFO: For questions contact Help Earth Foundation at 202-634-5791

For more infomation about Random Hacks of Kindness visit visit our FB page rhokdc.org or follow us on twitter @RHoKDC (https://twitter.com/rhokdc).

About UnionMarketDC.com

There’s a bright future for the Union Market district defined by people, passion and possibility. An urban village born from the diversity of the dreams and energy of the nation’s capital. An authentic market of culture and commerce. A true gathering place that serves as an inviting melting pot of old world heritage and new world opportunities. From its roots as Centre Market, a fresh food venue born over 200 years ago, it’s been a great unifier for DC – connecting people from a variety of backgrounds. It will prove to be that creative spark again. An authentic district that expands beyond its culinary origins to include music, retail, hotel and residential uses. An organic source for economic growth, Union Market is a vision that has to be realized. It will be DC’s discovery destination. A pioneering place where vision not only matters but materializes into a thriving, relevant and culturally rich district of sights, sounds and tastes.

About Grindhub.co

GrindHub is a smart tool allowing businesses to be collaborative without all the clutter. We aggregate services from Google, Salesforce, Hootsuite, Quickbooks, Evernote and even proprietary systems. By integrating all tools into one dashboard, users dilute work overload, cut through noise from others and make the online workspace simple. Let’s us help you stay on your grind.

About HelpearthFoundation.org

Created with a mission to leverage artistic content to support charitable efforts at the micro level – small to midsized nonprofits and larger organizations that are working hard to make a difference in communities across the United States and the world. The foundation’s causes are picked by HEF partners or by our associated artists. HEF is the outgrowth of Tsunami BandAide, which was established to raise funds in support of the Boxer Day Tsunami relief effort in 2004. The work in bringing together entertainers and the NGO community to support that cause led to the launch of the Help Earth Foundation. Today, as a nonprofit committed to helping the earth and those that inhabit it, HEF seeks opportunities to support long-term, as well as emergency initiatives.

About Random Hacks of Kindness

A rapidly growing global initiative encompassing a community of over 5,500 innovators in over 30 countries making the world a better place by developing practical, open source technology solutions to respond to some of the most complex challenges facing humanity. Random Hacks of Kindness RHoK was founded as a joint effort by Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, NASA and The World Bank, dedicated to bringing software developers together to respond to challenges facing humanity in the area of natural disaster risk.