Summer Food Program

Join us for free food and fun every summer! The Cambridge Summer Food Program provides free, nutritious meals to Cambridge children every weekday at parks across the city.

Open to all Cambridge residents ages 18 and under
Free meals at Cambridge parks Monday – Friday
No identification required to get a meal
Vegetarian options at every location

Breakfast and lunch meals are served at park locations across Cambridge. Dinner meals are served at Cambridge Recreation's Summer Basketball and Street Hockey League locations (view details and map below).

Rain Locations

During rain or dangerous weather, meal sites at parks will be cancelled. Announcements will be made on DHSP and City Facebook pages: DHSP Facebook and City Facebook.

Breakfast and lunch meals will be served at the Cambridge Senior Center (806 Massachusetts Ave.)
Fresh Pond Apartments (362 – 364 Rindge Ave.).

Recreation Activities

The Summer Food Program partners with Cambridge Recreation and Cambridge Book Bike to encourage young people in Cambridge to keep their minds and bodies active in the summer!

After enjoying breakfast and lunch meals, Cambridge youth can join Recreation staff for games and activities at the parks.
Youth can also explore organized sports through the new Fun Under the Sun initiative. All ages and skill levels are invited to join Field Days, Kickball, soccer games, and other sports offered at a rotating park location on Mondays and Wednesdays in July.
Cambridge Book Bike visits a Summer Food site every week, inviting young people to enjoy story time and choose a free book to take take home.
The program provides free snacks at Screen on the Green Family Movie Nights.

Multilingual Information

Summer Food Meal Site Locations

Note: the Summer Food Program will not serve meals on Friday, July 4 or Friday, August 15.

Breakfast and Lunch (Monday - Friday)

Breakfast: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Games and activities: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Anthony Costa Playground, Costa-Lopez Park, 71 Charles St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 7

Donnelly Field, 61 Willow St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 10

Fresh Pond Apartments Playground, 362–364 Rindge Ave.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8

Glacken Field, 635 Huron Ave.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 31

Gold Star Mothers Park Playground,123 Gore St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22

Greene-Rose Heritage Park Playground, 155 Harvard St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15

Hoyt Field Playground, 12 Gilmore St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29

Louis A. DePasquale Playground, Danehy Park, 66 Field St.
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17 at Danehy Park's Sherman St. entrance and on Tuesday, August 5 at DePasquale Playground

Sennott Park, 310 Broadway
Book Bike at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 24

Dinner

6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Summer Basketball League locations and days of the week listed below.
Youth do not need to participate in the leagues to receive a meal.

Ahern Field, 104 Fulkerson St. (Level Up and Medina Dixon Instructional Basketball Leagues and Youth Street Hockey League)
Tuesday and Thursday, July 1 – August 14

Glacken Field, 661 Huron Ave. (Sharif Moustafa Instructional League)
Tuesday and Thursday, July 1 – August 14

Hoyt Field, 12 Gilmore St. (Eurie Stamps, Sr. and Kito Jackson Leagues)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 1 – August 14

Sennott Park, 310 Broadway (Davonte Neal League)
Monday and Wednesday, June 30 – August 13

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