Gift Circle

Asks, offers, and a spot for the bus — within 45 miles of wherever it's parked.

A living map of the local fabric. What people near here need a hand with, what they have to give, and where someone can offer the bus a place to land. It runs on one rule: the circle completes through recognition, not payment. Nothing here is a transaction. You won't end up owing anyone. A donation or a thank-you can flow back, freely — but it's never the price of asking.

1. One pinYour ask or offer lands at zip-code center — never your address.
2. Both waysEvery entry carries one need and one gift, so nobody only takes or only gives.
3. A person places itIt routes through Kevin, gets placed, goes live. No account, nothing harvested.
4. It clearsMet, claimed, or expired, it drops off. The map only shows what's open.

Ask — a hand needed Offer — a hand to give A spot for the bus Where the bus is

How it works

Pins sit at zip-code center, not at an address. When you add an ask or an offer, the submission carries both — one need and one gift — so no one shows up to only take or only give. A spot for the bus is its own kind of pin (see Host the Bus).

Posting is mediated, on purpose. When you add something, it routes to Kevin and the back-office, gets placed on the map, and goes live — usually within the hour. There's no account, no login, nothing harvested. Contact details stay private and are shared only with the person on the other end of a connection. Open records show here; claimed, met, and expired ones drop off.

The edges are plain, and they hold both ways: no negotiating, no references required to ask, no debt created by receiving. Recognition — a review, a thank-you, a donation if you want — is welcome and never owed. See Refusals for the lines this keeps.