Short answer
Commuters into Fargo-Moorhead from Horace, Casselton, Harwood, Dilworth, Glyndon, Hawley, or Barnesville can use Help Me for everyday problems inside the metro: a dead battery at work, a flat in a lot, two more hands for something heavy. Highway breakdowns need a tow truck, not a neighbor.
The facts, in one place
- Neighbors are most likely nearby inside the metro core.
- Rural highway breakdowns need roadside assistance.
- ND 511 and MN 511 for road conditions before you drive.
- Winter commutes need a real emergency kit in the car.
Where a commute actually fails
In the lot at work, at minus twenty, at the end of a shift. In a gravel driveway during the thaw. On a two-lane road in a ground blizzard where visibility went from fine to nothing in a mile. The first two are neighbor-sized. The third is not, and never will be.
Plan around the county line
Cell coverage, plow priority, and how long a tow takes all change once you are out of the metro. If your commute crosses open country in winter, drive with a charged phone, a blanket, and the assumption that help is half an hour away rather than five minutes.
Check ND 511 or MN 511 before you leave. If a road is closed, believe it.
Using Help Me on a commute
Help Me is for the small favors inside the metro, where you spend your day. Ask in one sentence, name a public place, and keep both people outside the car for anything involving a vehicle. Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. You can report or block any member at any time.
Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Questions people actually ask
No. Highway shoulders are dangerous and Help Me is not roadside assistance. Call a tow service, and 911 if you are exposed.
Help Me launches in Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead first. Ask in the metro places you already visit, and the app shows what is open.
ND 511 for North Dakota and MN 511 for Minnesota. Check before you leave, and believe a closure.
Keep going
- Horace, NDHorace: ask your block for the small stuffHorace is the fast-growing Cass County city south of West Fargo. Ask neighbors for the small stuff: a jump start, directions, a hand with something heavy.
- Dilworth, MNDilworth: ask your block for the small stuffDilworth sits on the east edge of Moorhead. Ask neighbors for the small stuff here: a jump start in daylight, directions, a hand with something heavy.
- The small stuffWinter car help, which is just Fargo from November onFrozen doors, a car packed in by snow, a windshield that will not clear, a dead battery. Winter car help from neighbors in Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead.
- seasonA blizzard is the one day to close the appWhen travel is not advised, the right answer is not an app. What a blizzard closes, who to call, and the small help that still makes sense at home.
- Nearby townsThe towns around Fargo-MoorheadLiving in Harwood, Casselton, Kindred, Glyndon, Sabin, or another town near the metro? Here is how asking and answering works just outside Fargo-Moorhead.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.