Cambridge Public Health Department

11/04/2025

It's Election Day here in Cambridge! 🗳️ For more info please visit: www.cambridgema.gov/election

11/03/2025

Family Literacy Fun Day happened this past Saturday. See fun photos below! Thanks to all who helped make this event happen!

11/03/2025

Time to get rid of your pumpkins? 🎃 Don't throw them in the trash!

Instead, pumpkins should go in your green food waste cart or in yard waste collection. Please no candles or paint. If putting in a green cart, no bag is necessary.

https://www.cambridgema.gov/Services/curbsidecomposting/compostdropoff

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11/03/2025

When using a space heater, keep anything that can burn at least three feet away on all sides. Always turn off when going to bed or leaving the room.

Learn more heat safety tips below!

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The chill is setting in! If you're using a space heater, please do it safely -- always plug it directly into a wall outlet, not an extension cord or power strip, and keep it at least three feet from curtains, bedding, or anything else that might burn. Learn more: https://ow.ly/R96950Xit0a

11/01/2025

Reminder, daylight saving time ends on this Sunday. We fall back an hour.

10/31/2025

The Food Resource Guide shares information about SNAP, WIC, food pantries, free meals, food assistance for older adults, and much more. We just updated the October version!

Visit our website to view the guide in 8 different languages: https://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/resources/healthy-eating/

Thank you to all staff and volunteers that make these food access programs available to our community!

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10/31/2025

🥦 contrary to what you might have heard, HIP is available on November 1 AND you only need a penny/non-negative balance to access it

🥕find a participating farm here: dtafinder.com

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10/31/2025

Please share: Due to the federal government shutdown, November have been suspended.

If you need immediate help getting food, call Project Bread's Food Source Hotline at 1.800.645.8333 to learn about resources in your community.

More info: Mass.gov/SNAPUpdates

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10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻🦇 May it be a safe and fun holiday!

10/30/2025

Another great vaccine clinic at Reservoir Church yesterday. We vaccinated over 325 people! Thanks to all our partners and staff who made this vaccine clinic such a great success. We have one more vaccine clinic today (10/30) at the Pisani Center from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.

https://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/events/fall-2025-flu-and-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-5/

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10/28/2025

Family Literacy Fun Day at Cambridge City Hall is this Saturday!

There's lots of fun activities for kids (birth to 3rd grade): face painting, performers, and children's books in English and 26 other languages! Lunch provided.

bit.ly/FLFD2025

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10/27/2025

'Tis the season to carve out time to give blood. 🎃 Click below to learn more.

Carve out time to donate blood this fall and help make a lifesaving difference. Pick a time now at https://rcblood.org/appt