impactNPO Charity Hackathon weekend - August 2016

We are pleased to announce our ninth event in Auckland  at Orion Health, 181 Grafton Rd, Grafton, Auckland. The event runs from from Friday 12th at 6pm to 8pm, and then during both Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.  

To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket from Eventbrite.  The weekend starting on Friday 12th August from 6pm.  You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 13th August and Sunday 14th August from 9am to 5pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities.

The four charities you will be helping at this event are:  Amnesty International, Make Live Give, Rainbow Youth, and Lifewise.   We will be updating our website with the problems these charities are looking to solve.  

A big thank you to our lovely sponsors for the August event, Microsoft, who are sponsoring the food for the weekend and Orion Health who are sponsoring our venue. 

What do you need to bring? 

An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on.

What's in it for me?

First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you're looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working in a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community!

What can we expect as results for the NPOs?

This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO! We have run eight successful weekends, and have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice. For a list of some of our accomplishments, and the NPOs that we have helped during the past weekends, have a look here: http://impactnpo.org

We would love to know about your dietary requirement so please specify whether you would require Veggie, Non-Veg or Gluten free option when you register.

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment!

Look forward to seeing you all there :)

From the impactNPO organising team