Community in Pulse

A free local directory that connects nonprofits, restaurants and neighbors, so each can help the others grow and the whole community stays active: in pulse.

Why it exists

Nonprofits need food for their events, volunteers and people who believe in their cause. Restaurants need regular customers, catering orders and a good name in their neighborhood. Neighbors want a good meal and a way to give back. They live on the same streets but rarely find each other. Community in Pulse puts them in one simple search.

How everyone helps everyone

Community in Pulse: where they find each other

Nonprofits food banks, faith groups, causes

↓ order food for events and potlucks (EventHubQ food orders)

Restaurants cafes, caterers, home cooks, grocers

↑ cater, host give-back nights, support food drives

Neighbors you, families, volunteers, donors

→ nonprofits: donate, volunteer, pledge
→ restaurants: eat local, order catering

Community in Pulse is the place they find each other. EventHubQ and PinchHitterPool are the tools that help them work together.

For nonprofits

Be found by neighbors who want to give, volunteer or get help.
Order food from local restaurants for events, run pledge drives and plan community potlucks on EventHubQ.
Find volunteers and local help on PinchHitterPool.

For restaurants

Be found by people nearby looking for your food, with your cuisine and dietary details shown clearly.
Get community and catering orders from nonprofits on EventHubQ.
Find short-notice local help on PinchHitterPool.

For neighbors

One search for "pizza near me", "food bank near me" or "I want to donate now".
Donate, volunteer, order or book directly with the place itself.
Save the places you like on your own device.

How it works

Type what you want, or nothing: the search starts near you.
See local nonprofits and restaurants, nearest first, with one-tap choices to narrow down.
Contact the place directly: website, phone, directions, donate or volunteer page.
If we don't have it yet, you get the best place to look next, and we note the gap so it gets added.

Our principles

Free for everyone. No ads, no fees, no sign-up to search.
We never handle money. Orders, payments, donations and bookings happen with the place itself.
Self-service. Every nonprofit and restaurant can add or correct its own listing: use "Update this listing", sign in to PinchHitterPool as a verified member, and send the request for your own organization.
Just a directory. No reviews, no ratings, no posts, no social feed.
Verified changes only. A listing is added, changed or removed only at the request of a verified PinchHitterPool member who owns or represents that organization, or of a law enforcement or government agency, and only within the law. A notice on a listing (for example a closure or a revoked tax status) always shows its official source.
Health notes. When a search is about alcohol, smoking or pork, we link to what established science and faith traditions say. It is shared information, not a claim about any business.
Private by design. "Save" stays on your device. When a search finds nothing nearby we keep only the words and the area (rounded to about 10 km, no IP address) so the missing places get added.

Coming next

Follow a place to get its upcoming events and deals by email, and stop any time.
More countries: Canada first, then the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Where the listings come from

Foursquare Open Source Places (© Foursquare Labs, Apache-2.0), IRS and NCES public records, certification bodies and state registries, and each organization's own website. A "certified" label links to the certifier; anything else is what the place says about itself. The list is refreshed daily.

A free community service of SoftTelRG LLC, McKinney, Texas.