SpeedyCPR wins Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott’s (VA-03) 2020 Congressional App Challenge

When asked what inspired the creation of SpeedyCPR, the student said, “Many people don’t know how to perform CPR. Some know how to perform CPR, but forget how to do it in an emergency. This app helps the user to calm down, have a reference to use to assist them with a video showing how to perform CPR, and it saves time by calling 911 in the background.”

Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.

The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.