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# Orange County Claude Impact Lab

Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude! Kicking off OC Tech Week: a one-day hackathon with Illumination Health + Home at EvoNexus Irvine.

**Sat, October 17, 2026 · 9 AM–6 PM PT**  
Irvine — University Research Park  
 Venue and address shared on approval

[Request to join on Luma](https://luma.com/claudeimpactoc)

Listing checked 3 October 2026 at 9:52 AM PDT. [Latest details from the host](https://luma.com/claudeimpactoc).

## What to expect

Spend a Saturday building something that matters. Illumination Health + Home (IHH) provides housing, healthcare and case management for people experiencing homelessness across Southern California. Their team is bringing three real problems to the room, and you get one day with Claude to build something that helps.

Pick your challenge

Referral intake. Coordinators review long hospital referral packets by hand. Help them review faster or see where referrals stall, so more people reach recuperative care.

Finding the right resource. Clients often struggle to find community resources that fit their needs, from shelter referrals to job help. Help them find the right one and take the first step.

Staff AI confidence. Build hands-on practice that shows frontline staff where AI helps and how to check its work.

Who should come

Developers, designers, data people, and anyone with healthcare, social services or nonprofit operations experience. You don't need to be an engineer. Teams of 4 to 5 mix technical and domain skills, and IHH staff are in the room all day.

The day

8:30 AM doors and check-in

9:00 AM kickoff: IHH frames the challenges

9:30 AM build

5:00 PM demos and judging with IHH

6:00 PM close

Good to know

Registration requires approval. Plan to stay the full day and bring a laptop and charger.

Everything built is open-sourced and donated to IHH.

Free to attend.

Thank you to EvoNexus Irvine for hosting. Organized by [Travis Johnson](https://claudesocal.com/ambassadors#travis-johnson), Claude Community Ambassador for Orange County.

Impact Lab

Sat, October 17, 2026 · 9 AM–6 PM PT

- **City:** Irvine — University Research Park
- **Venue:**  Venue and address shared on approval
- **Luma attendees:** 0

Hosted by**Claude Community & [Travis Johnson](https://claudesocal.com/ambassadors#travis-johnson)**

[Request to join on Luma](https://luma.com/claudeimpactoc)

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## More in Orange County

[All Orange County events](https://claudesocal.com/cities-orange-county)

- **Oct 5, 2026** [Orange County — Claude Conversation for Marketers](https://claudesocal.com/events/luma-crnsgagp3ga6mjr)
- **Sep 13, 2026** [Orange County — Claude Hang out](https://claudesocal.com/events/oc-sep13)
- **Aug 1, 2026** [Orange County — Claude Code for Beginners](https://claudesocal.com/events/oc-aug1)
- **Apr 4, 2026** [Orange County — Claude Code for Everyone](https://claudesocal.com/events/oc-apr4)
- **Feb 28, 2026** [Claude Meetup Orange County](https://claudesocal.com/events/oc-feb28)

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