About Pay it Forward

The Pay it Forward project will result in a web-based platform hosted by the City of Ames to connect donors with appropriate donation outlets. Outlets will be able to create accounts and make changes to their publicly available information as approved by administrators of the system. From there, they will be able to select which items they accept as donations. Citizens who wish to donate items can input the things they have available then search for the best outlet for them. The list of donation centers can be sorted by factors such as location, amount of items accepted, and accepting high priority donations. This application should be easy and fast to use from both web and mobile browsers.