YuJi Smith, 12, of Edgecomb donated 200 surgical face masks to the Maine Veterans’ Home in Augusta, courtesy of a relative in China and in honor of a World War II vet.

Don Bisson oversees the Biddeford Food Pantry, which has seen a 25 percent increase in client requests since the start of the pandemic.

‘I wait eagerly for the mailman,’ says a 92-year-old man who has been getting letters from first-graders in Dayton.

The Center for Grieving Children in Portland has shifted its in-person group meetings to online chats during the pandemic.

Two neighbors in Cape Elizabeth have raised funds to buy iPads they are donating at senior-living facilities.

Susan Franck has used a bit of YouTube research and a box of quilting fabric to construct nearly 200 face masks.

The University of New England’s Center for Excellence and Aging is helping adults 55 and older to stay connected during the pandemic.

A group of medical students handles chores for doctors and nurses while they work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.