Every summer, young people come to the Cambridge Community Center for more than a place to spend the day. They come for friendship, creativity, movement, meals, mentorship, and the steady support of adults who believe in them.

For many families, CCC makes summer possible.

The R-Jay Jones Youth Scholarship Fund helps ensure that children and youth can participate in CCC’s summer and after-school programs regardless of their family’s ability to pay. Named in honor of Ronald “R-Jay” Jones and his extraordinary legacy of more than 50 years of service to the Cambridge Community Center, this fund carries forward his belief that every young person deserves to be seen, supported, and given room to grow.

Your gift helps open the door for a child who needs CCC.

It gives a parent peace of mind while they work. It gives a young person a safe, joyful place to learn and build confidence. It helps ensure that cost is not the reason a child misses out on the care, connection, and opportunity they deserve.

Your support can make an immediate difference:

$3,000 covers one child’s full summer
$1,500 covers one month of summer
$350 covers one week of summer
$80 covers one day of summer

You can also support year-round access:

$10,000 covers one child’s full year of after-school and summer programs
$7,500 covers one child’s full school year of after-school programming

When you give to the R-Jay Jones Youth Scholarship Fund, you are helping CCC keep a simple but powerful promise to our community: young people will have a safe place to grow, and families will not have to face the summer alone.

Thank you for believing in our kids, our families, and the community we continue to build together.

Help Keep CCC Open to Every Child