Are you eager to spend more time in the Roulant kitchen? Good news, harvest time and food transformation season are upon us! We’ll be turning delicious Montreal-grown fruit and veggies into non-perishable food items. Think homemade salsa, dehydrated tomatoes, pear jam, kimchi and sauerkraut, just to name a few! Anyone is welcome in the kitchen, experienced or not. When: Tuesdays, …
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Come Vote for Our New Mural
Our building is getting a makeover! In the coming weeks we’ll be having an artist paint a mural on the western and southern façades of the building and we’d like to have your input! We invite you to the Roulant to take part in the selection process for the mural. The event will consist of a run-through of the selection …
Meet the 2015 AG Team!
The Roulant’s AG(riculture) team is composed of 4 full-time, year-round staff members plus a wonderful group of energetic young people who join us for the growing season. This year at the farm we have the pleasure to be working with four interns: Kai has joined the farm team as market coordinator. You can find him in the Senneville fields a …
Indian Cooking Workshop Highlights
The Incredible Indian Cuisine workshop held on May 14 was a big success! It was the first edition of the year-long series Learning From Our Elders: Intergenerational Cooking Workshops. A special thank you to Jitenda Desai for sharing his passion for Indian cuisine with the entire group! Here are a few pictures taken by Helena Vallès Escolà.
The Roulant Turns 20!!!
Santropol Roulant is 20 years old! We could hardly have imagined that the seed of social change, planted in 1995, would grow to become a community food hub that is woven into the social fabric of Montreal today! When we founded this meals-on-wheels service, we discovered the power of food as an vehicle to build social inclusion, the eagerness of …
Come Cheer on the Froot Cup Players this Saturday!
The Roulant invites you to come cheer on the Froot Cup soccer teams this Saturday at the Loyola campus. 16 teams will compete in this extraordinary soccer tournament! These teams worked hard to raise money to support the Roulant’s mission, so come and hang out with them and give them your support. When: Saturday, May 30th 2015, 10am-5pm Where: Concordia Stadium, 7200 Sherbrooke St. …
Haitian Cuisine : An Intergenerational Cooking Workshop
Join Camille Chevalier, a client of our meals-on-wheels service, and his friend Witnicia for an intergenerational cooking workshop. Discover the bold yet sophisticated flavors that characterize Haitian cuisine during this hands-on workshop. Mr Chevalier will present three colorful recipes that we’ll prepare and eat as a group! Reserve now with Léa Maude (lea.maude.gobeille@gmail.com). When: Thursday, June 4, 2015, from 2 to 4 pm Where: …
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Volunteering in the gardens
The gardening season is at our door! We’re pleased to announce that our volunteer shifts are starting next week at the downtown gardens and have already started at the farm. If you’re already a Roulant volunteer or have come to an info session on volunteering, call us (514-284-9335) or come see us to sign up at 111 Roy! Garden Volunteer Info …
Job Offer: Food Transformation Work Share
Do you dream of a pantry stocked with the tomato sauce you lovingly made during the summer? Are you eager to learn to make salsa so you can show our volunteers how? Can you slice zucchini in the blink of an eye? If the answer is yes then the Food Transformation Work Share is for you! Come help our community grow their pickle-making …
Volunteer Summit – Your Questions Answered
On April 9th, we had our first Volunteer Summit. It was a lovely evening of exchange, with many great questions and answers, constructive feedback, and story sharing. The themes of our discussions were: 1 – Welcoming volunteers to our space, 2 – Activities and level of engagement at the Roulant, 3 – Roulant Utopia, and 4 – Harvesting your stories. We …
Invitation to the Froot Cup
Rejoice soccer fans, the Froot Cup just around the corner! This exciting fundraiser is coming up on May 30th! In case you haven’t heard, the Froot Cup is our friendly co-ed soccer tournament where teams compete to claim the coveted Froot Cup trophy. As always, it’s a fun day spent outdoors with family and friends so come on out and support the teams! 14 …
Volunteer Appreciation Party!
Every day in every way, Santropol Roulant volunteers make our programs run. In the kitchen, out on delivery, in the thick of our gardens and in a million other ways, everything that the Roulant does happens thanks to your efforts. With the change of season, we want to thank you for all that you have done so far in 2015! …