On October 29th, the Roulant will be holding it’s magnificant annual gala, and here are some details to get you excited! On the Menu The Roulant kitchen is getting ready to prepare a great feast, with delicious produce from our gardens as well as: Guinea foul, Home-made pizzas, Gravlax, Oysters, Brownies, and more! Entertainment and Dancing Our musical guests will keep you dancing until the morning …
New Santropol Roulant Website
Congratulations! If you’re reading this you’ve landed on the new Santropol Roulant website! For our 20th anniversary, we’ve designed a built a new website that provides: Clear and easy-to-find information Mobile-friendly access A great porthole for engagement at the Roulant! Go ahead a familiarize yourself with the site! Here’s a quick overview of the different sections. Homepage: A mini introduction …
All About the 2015 AGM!
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) this year will take place on Thursday March 26th, 2015, starting at 5:30pm, and you are all invited! Don’t miss the most important governance event of the year! Here are the important documents to consult before the AGM Your official invitation The evening’s agenda Last year’s minutes The candidates’ presentation booklet The AGM is much …
The New Delivery Backpacks Have Arrived!
Did you know that Santropol Roulant is one of the only meals-on-wheels in Quebec that delivers a service 5 days per week, by foot and by bike, to close to 300 people living with a loss of autonomy? To accomplish this daily feat, we are proud to announce the arrival of our newest fleet of custom made backpacks! Our recent …
Deep Democracy Community Training
The workshop is at capacity. Thanks everyone for your interest! Please write to Stephanie if you would like to be put on the waiting list. Want to learn about creating engaging democratic processes for fair group debate and decision? Join us for a Deep Democracy workshop! Aftab Erfan, a trainer from Vancouver, will be at the Roulant to give an introductory 2-hour …
Meals-on-Wheels Calendar: A Taste of our Program
Over the holiday season, we sent a new meal calendar to our meals-on-wheels clients, like we do every year. The meal calendar is a critical tool that enables our client-members to maintain their autonomy over their food decisions. It allows each client to be more informed about what they eat, and to choose the days that they want to receive a meal …
The Gala in The Gazette!
The Harvest Gala is put under the spotlight in an article in The Gazette. Journalist Susan Schartz shares all the details about this important fundraising night. Take a look below and feel free to share with your friends!
Gala Ticket Sales: We Need Your Help!
Santropol Roulant’s Harvest Gala fundraiser is coming up soon – October 23rd – and we need your help selling tickets. Invite your friends, share on social media, put up posters, tell your Mom & Dad, help us in in your own way to spread the word! Even if people cannot attend but would like to purchase a ticket for one of our meals-on-wheels client-members …
Portes ouvertes, rue Fermier: A Community Success
More than 500 neighbours, friends and new visitors flocked to the festive Roy street on July 31 for one of the Roulant’s largest events to date! They participated in workshops, tasted and voted on the appetizers of the Iron Chef competition and danced the night away. We saw a beautiful example the the unifying power of food and our shared …
Follow us on Instagram!
The Roulant is officially on Instagram, yay! Click here to see our growing gallery. We have so many photogenic subjects – people, food, love, community! – that this account will be sure to brighten up your days. Follow us now to not miss anything! Oh, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter too!
Meal Deliveries Tip sheet
Sometimes, our clients are not at home, there are miscommunications about meal orders, or our volunteers have trouble finding their way around town. That’s normal! So we produced a handy booklet to help deliveries go smoothly for our volunteers and clients. This is pretty exciting as it is the result of a wonderful collaboration between our meals-on-wheels team and one of our …
AGM Highlights
In case you weren’t among the 90+ people who came to our Annual General Meeting last week, below is a sampling of what you missed! Board and Staff shared successes from 2013 as well as our hopes and dreams for 2014 and beyond, as members mingled and mixed while enjoying delicious treats from our kitchen as well as from our partners D-liche cupcakes and Juliette et Chocolat. Official membership business included reviewing programs, finances and approving new bylaws, and also …