From first conversation to launch

The challenge

DOCA is a national defense education nonprofit founded in 1952. Their operations ran on a legacy PHP application and an aging MySQL database, with member records, event coordination, and communications fragmented across spreadsheets and email chains. Staff spent hours on tasks like badges and rosters that should have been automatic.

What we built

We built a complete member platform from the ground up: member directory with search, conference and event management, secure authentication, donations, and an admin dashboard that gives staff one place to run the organization. The design language is navy and gold, matching the prestige of a 70-year-old institution, and every record from the legacy database was migrated and verified.

Results

• Legacy PHP and MySQL replaced with a modern, secure stack
• Member data centralized from years of scattered spreadsheets
• Badges, rosters, and event workflows automated for staff
• Full data migration with verification, zero records lost

The challenge

Our Father's Kitchen serves a free meal to the Greene County community every Saturday, powered by volunteers and donations. The ministry needed a real home on the web: somewhere to tell the story, share meal times, introduce the board, and above all make giving simple for supporters who wanted to help.

What we built

We designed and built the site from scratch with warmth to match the mission: the story and quotes from the people it serves, meal service details, a photo gallery from actual Saturdays, the full board, and a Support Us page with online giving through Give Lively. Every page works beautifully on the phones most of their community uses.

Results

• A welcoming online home for the ministry, live at ourfatherskitchenga.com
• Online donations through Give Lively, no processing fees taken
• Real photography from meal services, not stock imagery
• Fast, accessible, and mobile-first for the whole community