It was this energy and these people that took me from a few weekly visits to feeling as though I was a part of a community, where I was popping into the shelter almost every night.
Growing up, Javion Rookard always wanted to work as the director of PBHA's Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program. This summer was his thirteenth year with the camp.
PBHA's Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program, or CYEP, is a Summer Urban Program camp offering academic enrichment in Cambridge for seven weeks each summer.
Volunteers with PBHA's Harvard Emerging Literacy Project support preschools to increase opportunities to read and ensure a strong literacy foundation for all young people in Cambridge.
