Short answer
Help Me is launching in Fargo and West Fargo in North Dakota and Moorhead in Minnesota first, one zone at a time. Matching and event calendars are local. Outside that area the app will install, but there is unlikely to be anyone nearby to say yes to your request.
The facts, in one place
- Launch area: Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead, one zone at a time.
- Matching is geographic. No one nearby means no offers.
- Event calendars come from local sources only.
- Nearby towns are covered on a single page.
How far the metro stretches
People in Horace, Harwood, Casselton, Dilworth, Glyndon, and nearby towns live inside Fargo-Moorhead's daily orbit. They work here, study here, and get stuck in the same parking lots. Help Me launches in the three cities first, and the app shows what is open near you.
Farther towns have real ties to the metro, but thin coverage, and this site does not pretend otherwise.
Why not national
A help app is only as good as the number of people willing to show up near you. Claiming national coverage would mean shipping empty maps to strangers. One metro, actually served, is the product.
- Fargo and West Fargo in North Dakota.
- Moorhead and Dilworth in Minnesota.
- Nearby towns grouped on one page.
Visiting is fine
If you are in the metro with an iPhone and an account, you can ask like anyone else. Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Questions people actually ask
Yes. If you are in the metro with an iPhone and an account, you can ask like anyone else.
Nothing is announced. When another place is real, it will show up on this site, not in a rumor.
Nearby towns are on one page. The app shows what is open near you.
Keep going
- Where it startsFargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and the towns around themHelp Me is launching in Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead first, one zone at a time. Start here to find your city and the small stuff your block can help with.
- Fargo, NDFargo: ask your block for the small stuffAsk Fargo neighbors for the small stuff: a phone charger, directions, a daylight jump start. Public places, a private chat, and a closer block than you think.
- Moorhead, MNMoorhead: ask your block on the Minnesota sideAsk Moorhead neighbors for the small stuff: directions across campus, a phone charger, a hand with a box. Public places and a private chat, Minnesota side.
- West Fargo, NDWest Fargo: ask your block for the small stuffAsk West Fargo neighbors for the small stuff: a daylight jump start, directions, a hand with a heavy box. Public places, a private chat, one zone at a time.
- 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.
- AnswerWhat is the Help Me app?Help Me is a place to ask your block for the small stuff in Fargo-Moorhead. You post one sentence, a neighbor can say yes, and you meet in public.
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.