Reference Page

All of the sources, attributions, and required TSA documentation for this project.

Copyright Checklist & Work Log

Student Copyright Checklist

Copyright documentation

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Work Log

Documentation of the website development process

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About Our Website

Our team created this website by ourselves using NextJS, React, TypeScript, and JavaScript. In addition, we used the UserWay ADA-Compliant Accessibility Widget to ensure that our website is accessible to all users. We also used royalty-free, free-to-use images from Unsplash, and though we were not required to provide attribution, we did so to respect the creators. No copyrighted materials were used in the creation of this website.

In addition, we used 2 open source libraries/frameworks in the creation of our project - Shadcn/UI for the UI components and Lucide for the icons. We also used Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite model & API to power the AI chatbot on our website that users can interact with, though we did not use any AI models in the development of our website.

As for data storage, we used NeonDB for the primary database and user authentication, and Vercel Blob for image storage. Our website does NOT require any access to be granted (as stated in Pre-Conference/Preliminary Round section C), since features can be utilized without logging in. Furthermore, judges can use one of two demo account options on the Sign Up and Sign In pages to sign into a demo account without creating any login credentials.

However, we did not use any templates or themes for these libraries. The template and theme of our website was written by us. No external programs, such as Wix or Wordpress, were used in the creation of this website.

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Images Cited

All images are royalty-free from Unsplash. Attribution was not required, though we wanted to provide it to respect the creators.

Hero Background - NYC Cityscape

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City Harvest - Fresh Produce

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Legal Aid Society - Justice

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NYC Well - Mental Health

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Testimonial Portrait - Maria G.

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Testimonial Portrait - James T.

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Testimonial Portrait - David L.

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Research & Data Sources

All resources, events, and volunteer opportunities listed on The Nest are real NYC organizations and programs. This information was gathered from official websites (which we have cited below).