PBHA’s St. James Summer Shelter is a student-run transitional program for 12 homeless men and women. We strive to create a stable, comfortable, and friendly environment for our guests by providing them with 3 meals a day and permanent beds for the duration of our

PBHA’s CYEP is the largest of the SUP camps and the only one in Cambridge. CYEP consists of three sites serving about 150 children with a total senior staff of 21. Our youth come from low-income families, primarily from North Cambridge, East Cambridge, and Area

PBHA’s Youth Recreation volunteers act as coaches and teachers for youth at Cambridge schools. We currently focus on two sports: basketball and swimming. Every Friday afternoon, we teach, coach, and play basketball with 4th – 6th grade students, and every Monday afternoon, we teach swimming

PBHA’s S.A.B.E.S. (Spanish Acquisition Beginning in Elementary School) is an after school program that teaches Spanish at the Maria Baldwin School on Oxford Street. Our goal is to get kids excited about foreign language and culture from an early age through fun and creative exposure.

PBHA’s King School Buddies chapter matches Harvard volunteers with developmentally delayed and learning disabled kids and adults from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. Since all three sites are within easy walking distance of the Yard, volunteers can make their own schedules for visiting their

PBHA’s Harvard Square Homeless Shelter operates an emergency homeless shelter at the University Lutheran Church (UniLu) in Harvard Square. We provide shelter, food, and resource counseling for 24 guests each night, as well as dinner plates for all who come to the door. The shelter

Harvard Emerging Literacy Project (HELP) recognizes that if economically disadvantaged children do not have the resources to practice the skill of reading, their chances for later academic success and future learning are significantly diminished. Volunteers visit Cambridge Head Start preschools in pairs once a week

The Harvard College Youth Leadership Institute (HYLI) offers a leadership development program to middle school students from Cambridge public and charter schools. We focus on teaching our students essential leadership skills using hands-on, experiential learning techniques. The program takes place on-campus once a week and

The HARMONY Program offers volunteers the opportunity to act as mentors and music teachers to talented elementary and high school students in the Cambridge public schools. HARMONY targets children who have an interest in music but are unable to afford music lessons. We have three

Vernon Hall is one of the programs of the Elderly Affairs Committee. Volunteers visit nursing home patients together as a group and entertain the elderly individuals by playing exciting rounds of Bingo and painting residents’ fingernails. There are also opportunities for one-on-one interaction through personal