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The Bear Cave and Practice Field Are Ready

August 25, 2026

Volunteer Work Day · August 2026

The Bear Cave and Practice Field Are Ready

Four truckloads out, fresh Bear blue on the walls, and every space reset for football season.

4 Truckloads
Hauled Out
Bear Blue
Walls & Containers
Ready
Feeder + High School
Truckload of old equipment and trash being loaded into a box truck outside the stadium during the Bear Gridiron Club work day

The Bear Cave and practice field are ready. Bear Gridiron Club volunteers showed up and put in a full day of work — unloading four truckloads of old equipment and trash, repainting the walls and containers Bear blue, and reorganizing everything to get the spaces ready for the feeder and high school seasons.

This is what the club is all about: members giving their time and sweat so that when the Bears walk into the Bear Cave or step onto the practice field, everything is dialed in and ready for football.

The Clean-Out

Four Truckloads Gone

Old equipment, broken benches, pallets, and years of accumulated clutter — loaded up and hauled off, four full truckloads in all, with an assist from the crew at Junkyard Dog Junk Removal.

Fresh Coat

Bear Blue Everywhere

Volunteers repainted the Bear Cave walls and the storage containers in Bear blue. What was faded and worn now looks like it belongs to a program that takes pride in its home.

The Reset

Everything in Its Place

Every space got reorganized — equipment sorted, storage squared away, and the Bear Cave and practice field set up so coaches and players can find what they need and get to work.

Why It Matters

Ready for Two Seasons

The feeder programs and the high school Bears will both use these spaces all season long. Thanks to our volunteers, every level of Cambridge football walks into a facility that’s ready.

Scenes From the Work Day

Members Putting in the Work

Bear Gridiron Club volunteers working together in the Bear Cave under the stadium bleachers on the new turf
Bear Gridiron Club member moving a stack of wooden pallets with a tractor during the stadium clean-up
Volunteer spray-painting the Bear Cave walls Bear blue during the Bear Gridiron Club work day
Junkyard Dog Junk Removal crew member helping haul away old equipment at the Bear Gridiron Club work day
After the Dust Settled

The Finished Product

Fresh Bear blue from the Bear Cave walls to the practice field wall to the storage containers — and every space organized and ready for the Bears.

The Bear Cave banner - Toughness. Trust. Together. - hanging on the freshly painted navy wall
Reorganized Bear Cave meeting area with whiteboard, podium, and cooling fan on the turf
The Bear Cave entrance gate with Cambridge Bears signage
Practice field wall freshly painted Bear blue
Storage container repainted Bear blue for the Cambridge Bears
Watch the Transformation

See the Work Day in Action

This Is What Membership Builds

Built by Bears, for Bears

Thank you to every Bear Gridiron Club volunteer who gave up their day to haul, paint, and organize. Facilities don’t take care of themselves — members do. Not a member yet? Join us and be part of what comes next.

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Go Bears!