SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Realtor.com®, the Home of Home Search℠, recently held
Hack-it-Forward, a three-day event in which employees across its
seven offices in the U.S. and Canada tackled 26 tech hack projects to
benefit 14 employee-nominated nonprofits.
"Realtor.com®'s hackathons always bring out the best in
innovation and teamwork, and this year, we chose to tap our
employees' experience and expertise to solve challenges for
deserving nonprofits. During this year's hackathon, we helped
organizations make real progress in battling homelessness, enabling
education for disadvantaged youth, placing pets in homes,
supporting veterans, empowering individuals with special needs, and
bringing joy to critically ill children," said Tracey Fellows, acting CEO, realtor.com®. "I am
inspired by the contributions that our team made to their
communities and proud of the truly innovative technology hacks that
were developed."
Nonprofit organizations often operate with limited staff and
budgets leaving few resources to tackle technology and operational
challenges. This year, realtor.com® decided to donate time and
resources to help deserving nonprofits. To ensure that all
employees could help give back, realtor.com® also teamed with
Project Linus to make 1,100 blankets for children in need, and
built 200 education kits for Resource Area For Teachers.
Examples of the projects undertaken include:
- An image recognition technology powered by machine learning to
automatically determine the condition of bikes being donated to
Good Karma Bikes.
- A batch photo upload solution to streamline the pet adoption
process for The Silicon Valley Pet Project.
- A data management system to merge and scrub donor lists for
LifeMoves.
- A website to automatically request spay and neuter vouchers
saving time and eliminating manual labor for M-SNAP.
- Donation platform optimization to streamline the donor process
for White Heart Foundation.
The full list of nonprofits supported include: The Silicon
Valley Pet Project, Friendship Place, M-SNAP, PACE Enterprises,
Minds Matter, Pawsitive Friendships, LifeMoves, Covenant House
Vancouver, Homestart, Richmond Food Bank, My Brother Rocks the
Spectrum, White Heart Foundation, Project Linus and Resource Area
For
Teachers.
Click here to see the highlights and here to learn more
about realtor.com®'s Hack-it-Forward event.
About realtor.com®
Realtor.com®, The Home of
Home Search℠, offers the most MLS-listed for-sale listings among
national real estate portals, and access to information, tools and
professional expertise that help people move confidently through
every step of their home journey. Through its Opcity platform,
realtor.com® uses data science and machine learning to connect
consumers with a real estate professional based on their specific
buying and selling needs. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of
digital real estate 20 years ago, and today is a trusted resource
for home buyers, sellers and dreamers by making all things home
simple, efficient and enjoyable. Realtor.com® is operated by News
Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc.
under a perpetual license from the National Association of
REALTORS®. For more information, visit realtor.com®.
Media Contact
Nicole
Murphy
realtor.com®
nicole.murphy@move.com
408-558-7189
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