Hello everyone in the Fruits défendus family, Whether you’re a volunteer, pick leader, tree owner, member of a beneficiary organization or just simply interested by the collective, come celebrate the end of the Montreal fruit season! When: Sunday October 15th from 2-5pm Where: Santropol Roulant, 111 Roy East, first floor (accessible to anyone with reduced mobility) Bring: Your favorite fruit recipe, jars …
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Welcoming Martine and Sarah
Join us in welcoming two new members to the team in the Meals on Wheels program and the kitchen! Learn more about these and other members of our team on our Staff page.
Apple Picking Fun
On a blue sky day last September, a group of 42 hungry Santropol Roulant community members (clients, volunteers, staff, donors and board members!) of all ages piled into cars and drove to Mont St-Grégoire for apple picking. Participants sipped apple cider and dined on cheese crepes and waffles. Lunch was followed by a tractor tour of the orchard. Clients and volunteers marvelled …
Recipes from the Roulant: Carrot Ginger Soup
We are happy to bring you our tenth recipe in the series Recipes from the Roulant! These monthly recipes allow you to get to know the different activities of our organization. This week we bring you a recipe for one of the delicious bouchées that will be prepared for our Masked Pumpkin Gala fundraising event coming up on November 2nd. This savoury …
Gala: We Need Your Help!
We’re looking for volunteers to help out at our upcoming Masked Pumpkin Gala, coming up on Thursday, November 2nd. The Gala is Santropol Roulant’s biggest fundraising event of the year, and volunteers are key to making it a success! Last year over 100 volunteers came out to support the organization and celebrate with the community. The 2016 Gala brought together over …
Introduction to Mushrooms Workshop
Fall is the best season for mushrooms! Dive into the biology and life cycle of mushrooms in this introductory workshop. Theory will be followed by practice as you will get to help inoculate mushrooms in our gardens! When: Thursday, October 5th, from 5 – 7 pm Where: At the Terraces Roy tables in front of Santropol Roulant, 111 rue Roy East (second floor …
Harvest party on Terraces Roy!
On October 12th, it’s Harvest time! Come enjoy the Terraces Roy, a public space and urban garden project of the Plateau-Mount-Royal borough taking place on Roy street outside of the Roulant. This colourful project is nearing the end of its first year, which means it’s time to celebrate the harvest and taste some fresh and local veggies! When: October 12th between …
You’re Invited to the Masked Pumpkin Gala
We are delighted to invite you to our 17th annual fundraising event on November 2nd, the Masked Pumpkin Gala, which is taking place in the stunning space at Marché Bonsecours! A wonderful fun-filled night awaits you – full of lively music, lovely people and delicious home-made bouchées! This unforgettable evening is also the perfect opportunity for you to support the Roulant’s …
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Job Offer: Small-Scale Organic Farm Co-Manager
Shout out to young farmers! Here is an opportunity to deepen your experience in small-scale farm management while nourishing social change and intergenerational connections. After three beautiful agricultural seasons with the Roulant farm, at the end of this growing season Clémence will be moving on to co-manage Le Vallon des Sources in Ripon, Québec. We are looking for a new …
Harvest party at the Edible Campus!
🍆 It’s Harvest time at the Edible Campus! 🍅 This is the perfect opportunity for everyone at McGill who is passionate about urban agriculture to come together, celebrate the harvest, and taste some fresh and local veggies! When: September 26th from 4-6pm Where: on McGill’s lower field What: The Edible Campus, a green oasis in a landscape of stone and …
Cooking workshop: Alsatian cuisine
We’re back for the 13th workshop in the series Recipes from our community, where we invite the members of our community of all ages to share their recipes and culinary successes. Claire, community member and returning Recipes from our Community workshop facilitator, will share you with some of her favorite Alsatian recipes. When: Wednesday, September 27th from 5:30pm – 8pm Where: The …
A Big Thank You to our Summer Corporate Volunteers!
As we are saying our last farewells to summer, we would like to thank five corporate groups for bringing their amazing energy and motivation to the Roulant these past two months. In July, we were fortunate to have 28 employees from the Montreal office of Morgan Stanley who volunteered for our Meals-on Wheels program. Along with our regular volunteers, they helped …