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Touch Grass

A social app that teaches young adults real-world life skills through fun, gamified challenges.
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About this idea
Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual—but it should. Young adults graduate knowing calculus and chemistry but not how to manage money, build healthy relationships, navigate careers, or take care of their mental wellbeing. Touch Grass bridges that gap. Touch Grass is a social app that teaches life skills through gamified real-world challenges. Users complete missions that push them to try new experiences, build practical skills, and reflect on what they learn. The platform combines community, storytelling, and behavioral science to turn personal growth into something social, motivating, and actually fun. We’re transforming life skills education from something theoretical into something experiential—because the best way to learn life is to live it.
Impact
Touch Grass tackles the growing crisis of loneliness and social fragmentation among young adults by creating structured opportunities for connection through experiential learning. Drawing on communication and behavioral learning theory, the platform uses action-based challenges to encourage real-world engagement, reflection, and social interaction. These shared experiences strengthen peer relationships, foster a sense of belonging on college campuses, and help young adults develop the communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills necessary to thrive in both personal relationships and professional environments.
What I'll do with $5,000
The $5,000 will be used to launch a structured campus pilot program. Funds will support: -Student ambassador stipends to recruit and lead campus participation -Campus activations and challenge events that bring students together -Targeted digital marketing to acquire early users -Product improvements based on early user feedback This funding will allow us to validate user engagement, strengthen community-building features, and generate the data needed to scale Touch Grass to additional campuses.
Quick Bio
With professional experience integrating business strategy, design, and communication, she focuses on developing innovative solutions to combat loneliness and social disconnection.
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