As we do every year around this time, we begin to welcome corporate groups to help out in our kitchen, in our gardens, and out on deliveries.
On May 15th, we were fortunate to welcome Raymond James for a day of Meals-on-Wheels volunteering. Their ten employees helped us prepare, package and deliver 96 meals of Salmon Parmentier to our clients. In their own words:
“We wanted to thank the Santropol Roulant team for facilitating our volunteering yesterday. Our employees loved the experience, and have found it most compelling and fulfilling. It has left us all inspired and we will be sure to return!!” – Jessica Silva, Raymond James
On May 18th, 8 employees from the National Bank of Canada lent a hand in the kitchen and on deliveries. The meal of the day, Peanut Chicken, was succesfully prepared and distributed to 80 clients.
“L’équipe du Santropol est très gentille et nous a soutenu tout au long de la journée dans une atmosphère agréable. Ce fut une très belle expérience, où nous avons pu faire du team building tout en redonnant un coup de pouce à des gens dans le besoin.” – Mélissa Desrosiers
On the agricultural side of things, on May 16th, Telus sent 15 employees out to our peri-urban farm in Senneville for a half day of rock picking, weeding, brush clearing, staking and more.
“Wow super! Très très belle journée! Une des plus belles expériences de bénévolat d’équipe que nous avons eu jusqu’à maintenant. L’équipe de la ferme a été super! Un très GROS merci à eux” – Marie-Claude Pelletier, Telus
On May 30th, our farm team welcomed 8 employees from OACIQ for an afternoon of weeding in the fields. It’s not a glamorous task but it is a necessary one, and this group accomplished it with much enthusiasm.
“Merci à toute l’équipe pour son accueille à la ferme, c’était une très belle expérience pour notre équipe et nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir !!” – Estelle Richard, OACIQ
In addition to their participation, all of these companies provided generous financial donations to help support our work. We offer them a huge thank you for their participation and encouragement. Our corporate partners help us immensely to maintain our services and activities – we couldn’t do it all without them!
If you are interested in Corporate Volunteering opportunities, you can click here for more information and contact Ben, our Volunteer Program Coordinator, by email or at 514-284-9335.
Thank you again to everyone for all your hard work!
