Family Activities, Financial Assistance

We offer a wide inventory of adult professional outfits and children's clothing and resources.

We enhance the city's quality of life by improving our transportation system and city-wide mobility.

We will fix up 800+ donated bicycles and give them to qualified Cambridge residents. With bicycles people will also receive a bike lock, helmet, and lights.

Residents can apply for a new bicycle voucher (to buy from participating shops). Those selected can choose a pedal bike, e-bike, e-cargo bike, adaptive bicycle or electric wheelchair attachment.

We you make your home more energy-efficient and help to save you money on your utility costs if you qualify for our low-income programs.

We help Cambridge residents access and navigate affordable housing opportunities, obtain eviction and tenant displacement prevention, and other housing related resources and services.

We aim to create an environment that makes it easier for residents and people who work in the city to eat healthy and be physically active.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture! Learn about the animals of the zodiac in this fun scavenger hunt across two museums, perfect for all ages.

We provide summer reading book recommendations; activities for children, teens, and adults; live events; as well as prizes and giveaways throughout July and August.

Thousands of years ago, ancient people across the Mediterranean were connected to faraway places and cultures through trade. Learn more in this exhibition at Harvard's Museum of the Ancient Near East.

We provide meals and materials to individuals who are low-income or extremely low-income, and who are experiencing homeless, are housing insecure, or living in persistent poverty.

We provide regular exhibits, workshops, live events, guest presenters, and more for children, youth, and adults.

We partner with local businesses and organizations to sponsor free events in parks across the city.

We offer lots of free events throughout the year for people of all ages with a love of learning!

We offer nature-based games and activities, art, live music, food, and lots of other programs and activities for all ages, year-round.

We host activities for kids outdoors and indoors, including those that are open to the public and some tailored specifically to Boy Scouts.

We provide shelter, transitional & permanent housing + support services to extremely low-income homeless/formerly homeless adult individuals & families with children in Cambridge & Greater Boston.

Despite their small size, arthropods are some of the world’s mightiest creatures. Discover their amazing diversity at Arthropods: Creatures That Rule, with a new addition featuring ants and termites.

Cambridge Dads was created to increase fatherhood engagement in programming. The program strives to ensure dads are engaged, informed, and feel supported in their role as parents.

Our exciting community programming focuses on health, wellness, and active living in Cambridge! Our multiple facilities are open to community members interested in sports, activities, and lessons.

This program serves women and their families looking for help escaping sex exploitation through shelter support, health, advocacy, education, emergency financial resources and more.

We offer discounted MBTA passes to income-eligible Cambridge residents between the ages of 19-25.

This program serves families looking for help with food, rent, utilities, clothing, infant supplies, holiday assistance, refugees and immigration services, substance abuse support, and more!