Back on Track America

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+**Name:** Back on Track America
+
+**Description:** The Back on Track America mobile app is app made to help coordinate the events and communications of
+Back on Track America (temporary site at https://backontracktampa.wixsite.com/my-site), a nonprofit organization dedicated to
+serving the homeless and those suffering from food insecurity by coordinating student volunteers in several communities.
+It allows volunteers to sign up for their location, receive announcements from location leaders, and discuss upcoming events.
+
+**GitHub URL:** https://github.com/backontrackus/app
+
+**How did you build this:** I used React Native and Expo on the frontend to build this app,
+combined with [Pocketbase](https://pocketbase.io/) and some custom Go logic (at https://github.com/backontrackus/backend)
+on the backend. I was a little familiar with React Native before this, but I really learned how to build a complete
+cross-platform mobile app while building this. The Expo docs were pretty good, and I used a variety of other packages like
+react-navigation and nativewind to make it work.
+
+**How many hours did you spend on this:** 50 hours (according to Wakatime)
+
+**Did you use #arcade to log your progress?:** Yes
+
+**Testflight link:** https://testflight.apple.com/join/AGWWz672
+
+**How many users on testflight?:** 14
+
+**Ship URL:** https://hackclub.slack.com/archives/C0M8PUPU6/p1722391701058519
+
+**Video Demo URL:** https://youtu.be/ppXDlS_ZUVE