Parenting Resources, Volunteering, Youth

We work with 175+ diverse agencies in Cambridge and beyond. These agencies rely on community volunteers to help deliver services, support operations, or lead on their boards of directors.

Join us for enriching, playful, and fun math classes! Cambridge Math Circle (CMC) offers a range of classes (in-person and online) to students in grades 2-8. Check our website for more information.

Youth Headspace contains many youth wellness and mental health resources. Check it out!

We provide one-to-one mentoring to youth and adults with disabilities to reach their full potential.

We have several support groups, meetings, and events happening virtually for parents and their children.

A home visiting programs' primary purpose is to support and encourage parents and caregivers, share information, and connect families with resources in their home and/or a convenient location.

We provide 24/7 mobile crisis services and help people who need access to timely, high quality mental health and substance use services.

Our teen support text line connects young people up to age 24 with a peer they can talk to when they feel lonely, depressed, overwhelmed, or suicidal.

Supporting youth with special needs in afterschool/summer programming.

Cambridge Camping provides an in-person STEAM-centered cooking program during the February school vacation week. 

The Office of Student Services (OSS) includes a variety of services, supports and programs dedicated to ensuring equitable access and success for students with disabilities.

We provide a year-round, in-person leadership program at the Hurley Street Farm. Youth will learning leadership skills through urban gardening and environmental activism.

The Student Registration Center processes all school registrations for Cambridge Public Schools.

Port Arise is here to provide support to our community through uplifting families.

Join our program this summer where you'll design, build and launch model rockets while learning more about aerospace careers, robot rovers, and astronaut space suits!

We offer fun and exciting project-based programs in: Game Design, Roblox, Minecraft, Python. Augmented Reality, Engineering, Circuitry, Robotics and more...

We understand the importance of community and the power of compassion. As a 100% volunteer-run program, we are committed to supporting vulnerable individuals and families in Cambridge, MA.

Join us for a fun, math-focused summer! Kids entering grades 3-9 will play math games, learn to do art and music with a math focus, and become better solvers of non-standard, hard math problems.

The program follows an Illustrative Math Curriculum with a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach to math, enabling students to learn mathematics meaningfully.

The MIT Museum seeks proposals for innovative public programs that explore humanity's relationship with the theme of TIME.

Solar Start is a paid, 2.5 month-long program providing hands-on instruction in photovoltaic (solar panel) installation, design, and maintenance.

We need well-organized people to join our art contest team. Work behind the scenes to get the information to CPS teachers, after-school programs, and parents.

High-quality early education in Cambridge for ages 6 weeks-5 years combining a research-informed, play-based learning experience in a safe and nurturing environment that supports children and families

The Center for Families Newsletter is full of information, resources, and supports for Cambridge families with children birth-8 years old.

We invite high school students with a strong interest in science to spend six weeks at the Broad Institute.

We help students in Cambridge, especially those from low-income families and other under-resourced communities, find internships in local STEAM organizations and companies.

We provide a list of all upcoming opportunities for children ages 0-11; regular activities include story times, arts, musical, and dance events and more in our Children's Room.