Russell Martin: Mapping available meals during COVID-19 pandemic

Thousands of K-12 students rely on meals served at schools across Johnson County, schools that have now been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to connect students, parents, and other community members with resources to help them find meals, University of Iowa undergraduate Russell Martin created a website that maps food and meals available at area schools, food banks, and soup kitchens across the area.

"When I saw that a group of college students had created a similar site in California, I thought it would be a great resource to have something like this for our community," said says Martin, a senior in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering. "Schools that are closed for instruction are still serving meals, but I felt it was important to let K-12 students know where they could get meals that might be closer to their homes."