A group of nearly 100 volunteer sewers called the Yarmouth Sewing Warriors, has produced roughly 1,400 cloth masks to protect people from coronavirus. read here

A new campaign called Back to the Streets, aims to create 1,000 murals by 1,000 artists in 100 cities across the US, on walls owned by business and property owners. read here

Rhode Island teen Kaya Suner created Covidconnectors.org to collect used wireless devices to help COVID-19 patients communicate with their friends and family. read here

Frontline Foods Atlanta, is using donations from the community to buy meals from local restaurants and delivers them to hospital staff. read here

A first-of-its-kind crowdfunding campaign was launched in Oakland County, MI to support small businesses. read here

To meet the spike in demand for flour caused by the pandemic, a 1,000-year-old English flour mill has resumed commercial production for the first time in decades. read here

Researchers at the University of California Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are using artificial intelligence to build COVIDScholar, a search engine that sorts through thousands of research papers to help scientists. read here

Park officials at Brooklyn’s Domino Park have spray-painted white circles on the faux-grass lawn to show where groups can sit and hang out, while not getting too close to others. read here

The Vermont Department of Health is giving free COVID-19 tests to Vermonters at pop up locations throughout the state. read here

The London School of Hygiene and Medicine is training canines to identify a specific smell associated with COVID-19 to help spot patients with the virus. read here

Birmingham, Alabama nonprofit Grassroots Initiative Team (GRIT) has distributed more 40,000 face masks to doctor’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and homeless shelters since April. read here

The Front Steps Project has brought together freelance photographers across the country who take photos of families in front of their homes.

A new public health advocacy organization in Montana called We Are Montana is targeting the needs of rural and Native communities responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic. read here

A package of bills passed by the New York City Council Wednesday will help the city's restaurants survive the coronavirus crisis and come back strong when restrictions on dining in can be safely lifted. read here

In response to the pandemic, 20 major film festivals from around the world are coming together for 10 days of curated films streamed on YouTube for free. read here

Nonprofit 'Supplies for Success’, led by Mindy Richenstein, is providing art supply kits to kids in need. read here

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has gone digital streaming a slate of plays and short films for free to people around the world. read here

National nonprofit ‘Perfect Strangers’ is teaming up with hundreds of volunteers to deliver groceries and supplies to those who are homebound due to the pandemic. read here

Lincoln Center Theatre is streaming free musicals and plays from its archive online for theatre fans. read here

Byram Hills District choral teachers helped pull together students online for an all-inclusive choral virtual performance, here singing ‘Stand Together’. read here