getting around
Transit help, which is not a ride service
The bus is real here. The map is still a puzzle if you are new. Someone who already rides MATBUS might walk you to the stop or tell you which number actually goes to West Acres. That is the whole offer.
What a neighbor can do with a bus map
Which stop. Which route toward NDSU, MSUM, Concordia, downtown Broadway, West Acres. How transfers feel in January. They might walk you to the shelter. They might ride the same direction because they were going anyway. They are not a taxi. Help Me is not a driver marketplace and not Uber inside a community app.
Official transit stays official
MATBUS publishes routes, fares, and alerts. Use that for the last word. Help Me does not ingest the bus feed and does not sell passes. If you need paratransit or a medical ride, that is an official service, not a stranger in the app.
If what you wanted was a car
Say so, and expect a maybe. A helper might offer a one-off neighbor lift. They might not. There is no fare, no ETA, no commercial driver. Meet in public. Do not get in a car with someone if it feels wrong. Report and block. 911 if you are in danger.
Questions people actually ask
Will someone drive me?
Do not count on it. This category is transit help — stops, routes, a walk to the bus. Help Me is not a ride-hailing app.
Can a helper explain MATBUS to West Acres?
That is a reasonable sentence to post. They still might be wrong, and the official MATBUS map wins.
Is this campus transportation?
No. Campus and city transit offices remain official. The app is a neighbor who might know the stop.
Keep going
getting around
Directions, because this grid only looks simple
Lost on an NDSU campus, looking for Broadway, first week in Moorhead. Ask a neighbor. Not a tour company, and not campus police.
getting around
A local guide, not a tour bus
New to Fargo, NDSU, or Moorhead? Ask an approved neighbor to point at Broadway, West Acres, the river. Not a paid tour company.
Fargo, ND
NDSU, Bison country, still a city campus
Community help around NDSU in Fargo — study buddies, tech, directions, walks to the car. MyNDSU events in the app. NDSU Police stays the official safety.
Moorhead, MN
MSUM, Dragons on the Minnesota side
Community help around MSUM in Moorhead — study, tech, directions, walks to the car. Campus Labs events in the app. MSUM Public Safety stays the official safety.
Fargo, ND
Help in Fargo, when the day stalls
Ask approved Helpers in Fargo for everyday help — jump starts, walks to the car, directions, campus tech — and see official NDSU and regional events.
product
How Help Me works
Ask in a sentence. Approved helpers nearby see it. One accepts. You chat privately and meet in public. Four steps — that is the entire ask.
trust
Safety, said plainly
Approximate location, approved helpers only, private chat, public meeting places, and report/block tools. Help Me is not 911.
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.