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).
Through its partnership with Cambridge Recreation, the program offers activities and sports at summer food meal sites. The Cambridge Book Bike visits a summer food site each week, bringing story time and a variety of free books for children to choose from. The Summer Food Program also provides meals to eligible summer camps and free snacks at "Screen on the Green" Family Movie nights.
The 2025 Summer Food Program will operate Monday, June 30 through Friday, August 29.
Join Summer Food staff at a Summer Food Kick Off Event on Friday, June 27, at Donnelly Field, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Rain Locations
During rain or dangerous weather, meal sites at parks will be cancelled. Breakfast and lunch meals will be served at the Cambridge Senior Center (806 Massachusetts Ave.) and Fresh Pond Apartments (362 - 364 Rindge Ave.).
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, 13 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 DePasquale Playground and on Tuesday August 5 at Danehy's Sherman St. entrance
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