Finding Food in Cambridge

For ALL Cambridge Public Schools students:

• Free School Breakfast and Lunch is available for all students on site every school day! Check the daily school lunch and breakfast menus:
  • School Menus: January
  • CRLS Menus: Chef Station | Pasta Station | Media Cafe

For Cambridge Public Schools families:

• Free Food Markets. There are free food markets every month at the Graham & Parks, Peabody/RAUC, Fletcher Maynard, and Cambridge Community Charter School. They offer fresh fruits, vegetables, and pantry items.
  Please bring your own bags. The schedule can be found below.

Graham and Parks School 1:30 - 3PM November 13 | December 4	Fletcher Maynard Academy 2 - 3:45PM November 12 | December 10
Peabody School/ Rindge Avenue Upper School 3:25 - 4:30PM November 20 | December 18	Community Charter School of Cambridge 2:30 - 3:30PM November 25 | December 17

Spring markets schedule coming soon!

For Cambridge residents:

• Cambridge Food Resource Guide (available in many languages) - this guide contains the times and locations for food pantries, community meals, farmers’ markets, and more.
  • Food Pantries and Community Meals included in this guide are outlined at the bottom of the page as well.

Emergency Food Assistance Hotlines

• Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline
  A statewide resource connecting families with local food programs. You can call or text to speak with counselors who are available to speak in 180 languages.
  1.800.645.8333
  Hours: Monday – Friday, 8AM – 7PM; Saturday, 10AM – 2PM
• Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Line
  For information regarding your SNAP case or other state aid programs.
  877.382.2363
  (Please note: November SNAP benefits will not be issued until funding resumes.)

Food Pantries

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC) 11 Inman St.,  Wednesday, 10AM -  6PM 617.868.2900 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-CEOC	St. Paul Parish 29 Mt. Auburn St. Saturday, 10 - 11aM  617.491.8400 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-StPauls
St. James Episcopal Church / Helping Hand Food Pantry 1991 Mass Ave., 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month, 9 - 11AM  617.547.4070 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-StJames	Cambridge Community Center 5 Callender St., Tuesday through Friday, 1PM (while supplies last)  617.547.6811 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-CCC
Mass Ave Baptist Church / Project Manna 146 Hampshire St., 3rd Saturday of the month, 8AM (while supplies last)  617.868.4853 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-ProjectManna	St. Paul AME Church / Elnora Yard Food Pantry 85 Bishop Allen Dr.,  Wednesday, 3 -5PM; Thursday 12 - 2PM  617.661.1110 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-ElnoraYard
East End House 105 Spring St., Tuesday & Friday, 1 - 2PM  617.876.4444 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-EastEndHouse	Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House 71 Cherry St., Wednesday, 4 - 6:30PM; Thursday, 2 - 5PM; Friday, 9AM - 12PM; Saturday, 10AM - 1PM 617.547.4680 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-MFNH
Salvation Army 402 Mass Ave., Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11AM - 2PM 617.547.3400 rebrand.ly/foodpantry-SalvationArmy

Free Community Meals

Faith Lutheran Church / Faith Kitchen 15 Sellers St., 2nd & last Tuesday of the month, 6:30PM (doors open 5:30PM) 617.354.0414 rebrand.ly/meal-FaithKitchen	First Korean Church / Loaves & Fishes Meal Program 35 Magazine St., Saturday, 5:30pm  617.491.1474 rebrand.ly/meal-LoavesAndFishes
Salvation Army 402 Mass Ave.,  Daily, 12 - 1PM 617.547.3400 rebrand.ly/meal-SalvationArmy	Material Aid & Advocacy Program (MAAP)* 5 Longfellow Park Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM - 3PM rebrand.ly/meal-MAAPMA
Harvard Square Churches Meal Program 0 Garden St., Thursday, 5pm 617.966.6217 rebrand.ly/meal-HarvardSqChurches	First Church Cambridge / The Friday Café 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St),  Friday, 12 - 3PM 617.547.2724  rebrand.ly/meal-FridayCafe
Mass Ave Baptist Church / Project Manna 146 Hampshire St., Monday, 1:30 - 2:30PM 617.868.4853  rebrand.ly/meal-ProjectManna	The Outdoor Church Porter Sq. T Station Sunday, 9 - 10:30AM rebrand.ly/meal-OutdoorChurch
St. Bartholomew´s/MIT Community Dinner 239 Harvard St., 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 5:30 - 6:30PM 617.354.8582	Meals at First Parish 3 Church St., Tuesday and Wednesday, 3:30 - 6PM 617.876.7772
Hope Fellowship Church 16 Beech St (Entrance by basement side door located on driveway on Orchard St.) Sunday, 4 - 5:30PM 617.868.3261 rebrand.ly/meal-HopeFellowshipChurch	St. Peter's Church / CommonCare 838 Mass Ave., Dates vary, 4:30-5:30PM (doors open 5:30PM) 617.547.7788  https://saintpeterscambridge.org/common-care-meals-ministry/
Food Not Bombs James Cronin Park Saturday, 1-3PM rebrand.ly/meal-FoodNotBombs