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Girl Scouts Build App With Quinnipiac University
The informational app for the P.L.A.C.E Children's Museum and Creative Arts Center of Hamden, was created as part of a 'Hack-a-thon.'

From Quinnipiac University: Girl Scouts Akilah Cox, left, Emily Ahern, center, worked with Kaitlin Friscia, a computer science major at Quinnipiac University, to build an informational app for the P.L.A.C.E Children's Museum and Creative Arts Center of Hamden during the second annual Hack-a-thon for Social Good, which took place on March 25, at Quinnipiac.
The hack-a-thon was organized to introduce students to technology and to show them how it can be used to create solutions that benefit nonprofit organizations. Nearly 50 Girl Scouts attended the program, which was organized by Random Hacks of Kindness Junior, Inc. and Girl Scouts of Connecticut. Photo by Johnathon Henninger.
Photo courtesy of Quinnipiac University
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