SCRANTON -- "Pokemon Go" has grabbed the attention of people across the country.
The mobile game uses players' locations and sends them to public places and landmarks in their area, known as Pokestops.
One of those Pokestops is Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton. Hundreds are stopping on the square each day to play, and now, an effort is underway to encourage these gamers to help those who they pass on their Pokemon journey.
On every corner of Courthouse Square, you'll find folks gathering to play "Pokemon Go." But this is also a common gathering place for many of Scranton's homeless.
A recent Facebook post asks those who come here to play "Pokemon Go," to do a good deed on the go.
"Somebody posted to be mindful of the homeless, and somebody said, 'Hey, let's give them a bottle of water,' and then somebody says, 'Yo, let's do a drop.' And I said, 'I'll make a sign. I'll bring down water.' So we made a sign and somebody else made the styrofoam box and it all just came together perfectly," said Rasco Ketchum.
You don't have to play the game to donate. Meredith Miner-Reese heard about this effort online. She works in Scranton and came to Courthouse Square and drop off a few grocery items.
"I brought some snacks, some apples, some cheese, some junk food and some juice," she said. "It's heartwarming to see that there's people out there in the midst of everything that's awful and horrible in the world, that people are doing something to kind of like tweak it a little bit at least."
"When people can throw out their last few dollars or whatever they have to share and they bring it out, that's just great for me, and what warms me is to come back here and see that items are being taken," added Ketchum.
We found folks who play Pokemon Go but didn't know about this effort to help Scranton's homeless. Now they say when they come back, they'll be happy to drop off a few items.
"Most definitely, I'll drop stuff off, whatever I can give. I always like giving," said Robert Hoffman.
"When you see something good, you jump on it, you know, you try to make some sort of a difference with it," Miner-Reese added.
The donation box is located at the corner of Adams Avenue and Linden Street on Courthouse Square in Scranton.
