Join us for free food and fun each summer! The Cambridge Summer Food Program provides free, nutritious meals to Cambridge children and youth every weekday at parks across the city. The program also provides meals to eligible summer camps and free snacks at "Screen on the Green" Family Movie nights.
- Open to all Cambridge residents ages 18 and under
- Free meals at Cambridge parks Monday - Friday (view map of locations)
- No identification required to get a meal
- Vegetarian options at every location
Free breakfast and lunch meals are served at park locations across Cambridge. Free dinner meals are served at Cambridge Recreation's Summer Basketball Leagues and Youth Street Hockey League.
The 2025 Summer Food Program will begin Monday, June 30!
Join Summer Food staff at a Kick Off Event on Friday, June 27, at Donnelly Field, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Summer Food Meal Site Locations
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, Charles St.
Donnelly Field, 61 Willow St.
Fresh Pond Apartments Playground, 362–364 Rindge Avenue
Glacken Field, 635 Huron Ave.
Gold Star Mothers Park Playground,123 Gore St
Greene-Rose Heritage Park Playground, 155 Harvard St
Hoyt Field Playground, 13 Gilmore St.
Louis A. DePasquale Playground, Danehy Park, 66 Field St.
Sennott Park, 310 Broadway
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, June 30 - August 15
Glacken Field, 661 Huron Ave. (Sharif Moustafa Instructional League)
Tuesday and Thursday, June 30 - August 15
Hoyt Field, 12 Gilmore St. (Eurie Stamps, Sr. and Kito Jackson Leagues)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 30 - August 15
Sennott Park, 310 Broadway (Davonte Neal League)
Monday and Wednesday, June 30 - August 15