Sports and Recreation, Physical Health and Nutrition

The Recreation Department provides quality, affordable and accessible recreational opportunities for residents of all ages in well-designed and maintained facilities.

We provide high quality summer programs that blend tennis and writing activities for youth ages 7 to 14 years-old.

We are Cambridge's primary access point to permanent supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

We offer a wide variety of camp experiences for children and teens pre-k thru 10th grade.

Parkour classes, workshops, and events for all ages (4 - 70+) throughout the Greater Boston region.

We rescue fresh food that might otherwise go to waste and distribute it within the local emergency food system where it can reach those in need.

We serve kids from birth to age 26, by delivering services that bring stability, support, and hope to the kids who need it most.

The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose: to make a better world through education, research, and innovation.

Serving both the cities of Cambridge and Somerville, the Home Energy Assistance Program assists low-income households with winter heating costs incurred between November 1 and April 30.

We offer case management and counseling services for Cambridge residents over the age of 60 and their caregivers.

Our track club trains athletes in Cambridge and Greater Boston. Our team competes in both AAU and USA Track & Field meets, qualifiers and Olympic events.

We are a boundless community of climbers and adventurers that exists to inspire personal connections and ignite physical potential.

We strengthen the local food system through events, coalitions, and programs, collaborating with businesses, nonprofits, government, and individuals to uplift local food makers.

We support Cambridge through sustainable economic growth that expands opportunity, increases quality of life, and creates a healthy environment for Cambridge residents.

We are dedicated to developing social and physical skills for youth in Cambridge.

We advocate for a culture of respect and to monitor progress toward equality of all persons with regard to sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression through Cambridge policy and practice.

Cambridge HEART envisions interconnected local communities that practice care, healing, transformative accountability, self-determination, and that are free of carceral systems.

We are here to answer disability related questions, provide information & referrals, and give technical assistance to individuals and families, public agencies, and private organizations.

We provide map navigation education to children and families through fun games and events based on the sport of orienteering.