Amanda Sauer is the education co-ordinator with AIDS Programs South Saskatchewan. She said organizers of the hackathon selected the charity organization in 2019 and one of the issues they wanted a solution for was needle reporting. "Luke [Towers] developed the needle pickup app to solve the little needle in a haystack issue that we have," Sauer told CBC's The Morning Edition on Thursday. A helpful tool for a difficult problem AIDS Programs South Saskatchewan normally picks up needles in Regina communities. The charity receives tips throughout the day from people and workers are dispatched to clean up. Sometimes they are even called in by the City of Regina.