Afterschool Activities, Food Resources

We offer safe and fun programs for pre-teens, middle schoolers, and teens to connect with peers, build leadership skills, and participate in sports, arts, and activities in an inclusive environment. 

We offer various clubs and after-school sports for students.

Council on Aging offers a wide range of social services and is committed to meeting the needs of seniors. We can connect people to services or even meet them where they live to help them connect.

We provide free and nutritionally balanced meals to Cambridge residents 18 years of age and under. There are vegetarian and non-vegetarian options offered at all meal sites!

On The Rise is a daytime, drop-in program for unhoused women, trans, and non-binary people providing the relationships, safety and resources they need to move out of homelessness.

We offer fun, high energy martial arts classes for ages 5 to 13.

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

We've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!

We offer a progression of map navigation activities for home-schooled students who want to learning individually or in a group.

We offer help in applying for SNAP/Food Stamps or completing annual recertifications and interim reports. We can also help you resolve problems that may lead to loss or reduction of benefits.

Cambridge residents with children in grades K-8 apply to DHSP Afterschool Programs through this lottery application. The lottery opens in April for the coming school year.

We are dedicated to closing the students' skills gap so they can progress into successful summer internships in life sciences companies and academic labs.

We offer a wide array of classes and clubs, a work-study program, and media making support for all students.

We provide six years of after-school and summer programming for middle and high school students on the path to college.

Enjoy a selection of local, family-owned and operated food trucks every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space, with plenty of outdoor seating options available!

We help girls develop courage, confidence, and character through community service, exploration, workshops and adventures, including lessons in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship.

We offer a fun and inclusive wrestling classes for boys and girls with expert instructors and coaches.

We have a variety of programs and clinics that include skill work and mini-games with the focus of learning the game of baseball and having fun!

We host parkour classes for all ages and abilities throughout Cambridge and Somerville every week!

CYC is a group of 14-18 year-old youth who work on projects related to the Family Policy Council's goals and topics that address the opportunity gaps in Cambridge.

We help basketball players with skill development via time and gym space to practice, technology to record their progress, and coach-mentors to advise them.

Cambridge Girls Softball League fields teams for Spring, Summer, and Fall Seasons. No prior experience needed to play at any of the levels – just a willingness to learn, try your best, and have fun.

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.

As part of our program, we hand out various combinations of sandwiches or bagged lunches, juice boxes, snacks, socks, some seasonal items, toiletry kits, and more to the community.

We offer warm hospitality and an evening meal in a safe, dignified environment to anyone in need of nourishment, every Tuesday evening.

Restaurant prepared hot meals served primarily to unhoused persons.