Our monthly giving program, otherwise known as the Roulant Roots, is all about growing community support year round for a healthy and socially connected city. Monthly donations demonstrate both financial support and solidarity around the Roulant’s work. Even $5 or $10 a month makes a big difference! Did You Know Over 200,000 people in greater Montreal experience food insecurity 36% of seniors …
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Stories of Santropol Roulant – John
I’m a fifty-seven year old and I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s two years ago. I was born in Edmonton but my family moved to Victoria when I was only six months old. We lived in Victoria for a while but continued to move around, living in both Canada and the United States as we followed my father’s work. My father …
Job Offer: Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteers are at the heart of our meal delivery service – they do everything from chopping onions ’til they cry to delivering warm meals in a blizzard! The Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer Coordinator, a new position at the Roulant, will have the opportunity to work with our dedicated and passionate volunteers to build food security and intergenerational connections in our community. The application …
Recipes: Appetizers for a 5 à 7
With the warm weather and longer days, enjoying a 5 à 7 with friends and family seems like the thing to do! A few months ago, Janice and Normand shared a few of their go-to recipes during an intergenerational kitchen workshop. The recipes are featured in our cookbook: Learning From Our Elders, and shared with you below. Enjoy!
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Gardening 101 Workshop
Come to our Gardening 101 workshop on Tuesday May 24 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm; it’s time to start a garden at home or in a community garden plot. We’ll learn all about how to plan and design a garden, how to prepare the soil, and how to (trans)plant the seeds and seedlings. We’ll also talk about plant companionship and tips on how …
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Stories of Santropol Roulant
My name is Solmaz Nassiri. I am a new immigrant from Iran, having moved to Canada on my own in May 2013. When I arrived here, I didn’t know anyone. One of my English teachers introduced me to Santropol Roulant. Since then, I’ve come here every week. Before coming to Santropol Roulant, I didn’t have very much confidence but the …
Workshop: Vegetarian Snack bar
We are back with our monthly “recipes from our community” workshop! For our third workshop, Mark, a Roulant volunteer and previous meals-on-wheels intern, will show us how to prepare his three favorite snack bar dishes with a vegetarian twist! The menu: Black bean veggie burgers with goat cheese and caramelized onions Sweet potato fries Queen Elizabeth cake The details: Date: Wednesday …
Sugar shack love
Last Thursday we enjoyed a beautiful outing to feast at l’Érablière Charbonneau! Some 60 clients, volunteers and staff took the road trip to Mont St Gregoire, building intergenerational relationships and community in one. The menu at the sugar shack was an extravaganza: crepes, ham, omelet and tourtière were all doused in delicious maple syrup. We ate like kings and queens! Though …
Volunteers – get your garden on this season
Calling all green thumbs – our Agriculture Program will begin accepting volunteers as of early June. This is a preliminary call-out to inform you of when and where volunteer shifts will be taking place and to gauge your interest and availability for different tasks and shifts (ex: gardening, farming, markets). Whether you’re a current or brand new volunteer interested in agricultural volunteering opportunities …
Thank you to our Partners!
Santropol Roulant is a vibrant community of many people playing different roles, each as important as the next. It takes so many to keep our organization rolling, to accomplish our mission and to reach our goals and dreams! We’d like to take a moment to thank the individuals and organizations who contribute through donations and grants, in kind gifts and …
Meals-on-Wheels: Home & Community Care
Did you know that our Meals-on-Wheels program is part of a continuum of services that contributes to home care, like cleaning support, health care service, pharmaceuticals deliveries, etc. The people that use these services are often, seniors, post hospitalisation patients, those who suffer from degenerative disease, mental health challenges or have reduced mobility. Staying at home is a less costly alternative for …
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From the Bee Blog: So, you got the Flow Hive
Our collective of urban beekeepers created this amazing post on their blog: Apiculture Santropol Roulant. It’s packed with tons of local resources for aspiring beekeepers! Check out their bee-lingual blog for lots of other great posts! So, you got the Flow Hive… Welcome to the world of beekeeping! Perhaps you are here thinking… well, now what? Well, now your education …