Privacy-first community care
We are stronger together.
Local help. Stronger together. Better communities.
Halo Network makes it easier to find help, offer help, and take part in the life of your neighborhood — without turning community care into surveillance or spectacle.
- Places that open their doors
- Neighbors offering specific help
- Events and mutual aid nearby
Currently piloting in Portland neighborhoods.
Rise to the Call
A neighbor 0.6 mi away needs a warm meal delivered before 7pm.
You choose what you are notified about.
The Halo Ethos
Five promises that hold a neighborhood together
Halo is built on the belief that local help, shared openly, makes every community stronger and safer — not by watching each other, but by showing up for each other.
Havens
Safe Places
Trusted places — a church basement, a shop, a clinic — that volunteer specific, clearly stated forms of support. Every Haven is a door someone can open.
Halos
Halos
Neighbors who offer what they can actually give: a meal, a ride, a phone charge, a check-in call, or a quiet place to sit.
Gather
Community Connection
Events, classes, volunteer calls, and neighborhood campaigns worth showing up for. The work of showing up is how trust is built.
Resources
Resources & Support
Curated and verified services with real hours, access notes, and languages spoken. Help people find the right door, faster.
Privacy & Witness
Safety First
Pseudonymous by default, opt-in location only, and tools to document incidents safely. Care is not surveillance.
How Halo works
Communities do not struggle because people stop caring. They struggle because care is fragmented and hard to coordinate. Halo removes that friction.
- 01
Tell us what you need, or what you can give
A short, plain-language flow. Safety questions come first, and anything urgent routes straight to 911 or 988 before anything else happens.
- 02
See what is actually nearby
Havens, Halos, resources and events on a map — or a full list view if a map is not right for you. Filter by category, hours, access needs, and distance.
- 03
Connect under a name you choose
You appear as a friendly pseudonym like “Rose Bridge 284.” Messaging stays in-app until you decide otherwise.
- 04
Follow through, then step back
Requests move through clear states and close out. No streaks, no leaderboards, no pressure to perform your kindness.
What your community needs this week
Gather brings events, classes, and volunteer opportunities into one honest list.
- Volunteer call
Winter supply packing — St. Johns
Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00am
8 of 12 spots filled
- Class
Free bike repair clinic
Tue, Nov 17 · 5:30pm
Drop-in, no signup
- Neighborhood
Lents Community Board meeting
Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00pm
Interpretation available
Demonstration data. Real listings appear once your neighborhood is live.
Care without surveillance
Halo Network is built with community organizations, not around them or against them. These are commitments, not settings we can quietly change.
Halo is not a tool for evading lawful authorities, tracking named individuals, publishing unverified accusations, or coordinating confrontation. Ever.
Opt-in location, always
No live tracking, no breadcrumb trails, and temporary location data expires quickly.
Pseudonymous by default
Legal identity and verification documents are never shown publicly. Home addresses are never published without explicit, revocable consent.
Documentation, not accusation
Incident reports are moderated referral tools for qualified organizations and oversight channels — never crowd-sourced targeting.
Least data possible
We collect the minimum needed to connect two neighbors, and you can revoke and delete what you have shared.
Local help, stronger together, better communities — starting with yours.
Join the Portland pilot as a Halo, register your space as a Haven, or bring Halo to your organization.