The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak was felt very quickly by many nonprofit organizations in the North Country. As people lost jobs and income, the groups that depended on those people to support them saw their funding dwindle. Quickly, the region’s community foundations swung into action, creating emergency needs funds for groups that provide vital services.

On the May edition of First Person, the leaders of three community foundations in the North Country explain how they plan to be safe spaces for nonprofits who are devising ideas to weather the pandemic.

On a special evening edition of NCPR’s interview magazine, First Person, we look behind the curtain to learn how the NCPR news team is able to cover the news in a time of social distancing.

Can poetry and the arts in general help get us through a situation as perilous as the COVID-19 crisis?

On the March edition of First Person, a reflection on how the beautiful works of poets, writers, and artists have helped us process horrible times.