Every year, we are proud to present the 2019 Meals-on-Wheels calendar! It provides clients with the daily meal listing for the entire year, with the aim of reinforcing their autonomy and helping them make dietary choices in line with their taste and needs. This year, our menu includes 28 flavourful and nutritious recipes. As always, all the meals are cooked and …
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Holiday Brunch Photos
Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all again! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Last month, we held our annual Holiday Brunch party at the Roulant, which ended up being the highest turnout ever! Over 40 of our Meals-on-Wheels clients attended the brunch, along with countless wonderful volunteers who helped prepare for the event over the course …
JOB OFFER: FARM MANAGER
Shout out to young farmers! Do you have experience in farming and managing a small team? Are you passionate about working for a community organization? Here is an opportunity to deepen your experience in small-scale farm management while nourishing social change and intergenerational connections. As part of our mission of building a food system that is healthy, just, and sustainable, Santropol …
Thank You Agriculture Team
It has been a few weeks since the agriculture season officially came to an end, and we would like to take this moment to thank our wonderful farm and urban agriculture team for all their hard work over the past season. An enormous thank you to Maya, Tali, Virginie, Olivia, Raphaëlle, Julien, Samuel, and Marie-Anne for the abundant harvest you have showered …
Farming Opportunities Coming Soon…
As we’re getting ready to close the curtains on 2018, we are already anticipating the year to come! Each year at the Roulant, an amazing agriculture team works to make Montreal a more sustainable environment and help improve access to nutritious, organic vegetables. If you have always wanted to work in urban agriculture or peri-urban farming, stay tuned for new …
Workshop: Turkish cuisine
After a 6 month hiatus, the Recipes from our community workshop series is returning in January 2019 with an exciting and diverse range of themes! For these workshops we invite the members of our community of all ages to share their recipes and culinary successes. We are very excited to welcome many new volunteer animators and continue to find ways to open up …
Montrealers Helping Montrealers – Donate Today!
With a sound economic climate, Montrealers can rest easy knowing that this year has had good financial health. This may have also benefited you. During these prosperous times, especially over the holidays, families often take the opportunity to invest financially in their well-being or that of their loved ones in ways they couldn’t have done before, both for the short …
Volunteer Appreciation Party Photos
At the beginning of the month, we celebrated the community by throwing a Volunteer Appreciation Party at the Roulant! We wouldn’t be able to do this work without the help of all of you and are forever grateful for everyone’s support and generosity. Thank you again to everyone who came, and hope you had an amazing time! Here are some …
10 Years at the Roulant – Capturing Kateri’s Experience
After 10 years at Santropol Roulant, Kateri will be closing this chapter of her life and moving on in pursuit of new adventures. As a parting gift, here is her final interview capturing her experience over the last 10 years at the Roulant. Listen to the full interview below: 1. What does leaving the Roulant mean for you? “It’s something …
Holiday Gifts & Preserves at the General Store
SPREAD THE LOVE Make the Roulant your one-stop shop for spreading the love this holiday season! Your contribution through our various programs and activities, from the General Store to catering services and more, supports the Roulant in carrying out its mission of ensuring food security and social inclusion all year long. They’re gifts that give twice! GENERAL STORE Our General …
Holiday Brunch – Drivers needed
Reminder As the first snowflakes appear, we know it’s time to get ready to host the annual Holiday Brunch for our Meals-on-Wheels clients on Thursday, December 13th! This is by far the most popular event for our Meals-on-Wheels clients and a great opportunity to get to know them better as we share a traditional holiday meal (meat and vegetarian options available). We still need …
Women, Trans* & Femme day at Santrovelo
On the last Saturday of each month from 1pm-4pm, our community bike shop SantroVélo hosts a Women Trans* Femme (WTF) day. We welcome people who identify as female, transgender, non-binary, femme, genderqueer, trans-masculine, trans-feminine or feel that their socialization or treatment as a woman, transperson*, &/or femme has impeded their participation in bicycle mechanics. If you self-identify as such, you …