We’re excited to announce that the Roulant’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming up on Thursday, March 27th! Like any Roulant event, the AGM will feature a fabulous menu dreamed up by the kitchen team as well as a good dose of community cheer. What’s unique to the AGM, however, is the ability to participate in decision making regarding the …
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Calling all beekeepers
Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is seeking new volunteers! Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is a bilingual (French and English) group of beekeepers working to support the permanence and the sustainability of the beekeeping community in Montreal. We promote the interests of bees and beekeepers to maintain a healthy and vibrant urban beekeeping practice in Montreal. Our hives are located on the …
Board of Directors: Call for Candidates
Santropol Roulant’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, March 27th, 2025. This means that members of the community and the public can now submit their candidacy to join the Santropol Roulant Board of Directors. If the well-being of the community is important to you and you want to contribute to its development, if you are passionate …
What’s on the menu in 2025?
After many hours experimenting in the kitchen and taking in client feedback, the 2025 meal calendar has been officially released! This new menu features a rotation of 24 delicious recipes, including 8 new dishes: from moussaka to shrimp pad thai to hamburger steak. This lovingly crafted calendar also presents photos of the community taken throughout 2024. Developing the year’s menu …
A festive brunch
This December, the Roulant was lucky enough to host the Meals-on-Wheels clients for a festive holiday brunch. This event featured not only a delicious three course holiday meal prepared by the kitchen team and volunteers, but also the sweet sounds of a three person choir who serenaded the clients in English and French at their tables! Events like this are …
It’s thanks to you!
With the help of generous friends of the Roulant, this season’s fundraising campaign brought a grand total of $93,296. Your donations are fed back into the community through vibrant programming in food security and social inclusion, and are supporting the implementation of the new strategic plan, which we invite you to explore. The team at the Roulant is heading into …
A year with Les Fruits Défendus
For the 13th consecutive year, citizen collective Les Fruits Defendus spent a summer rich in urban harvests and the sharing of local fruits. This season was particularly favourable due to a mild winter, a warm spring, and an abundant flowering of fruit trees. Between June and October, we harvested over 5,000 kilograms of fruits, which were shared in equal parts …
A Year in Urban Agriculture
What a season! In the urban agriculture program this year, 123 volunteers worked tirelessly, rain or shine, to grow almost a hundred varieties of plants across three agricultural sites. The gardens of Terrasses Roy continued to be well utilized by the wider community of the Plateau, particularly during our weekly Friday hangs. For eighteen weeks, the people of Montreal showed …
A recipe for success
Ben, JJ, Maya, and Katherine from the kitchen team are thrilled to look back on a year full of meaningful partnerships and exciting new initiatives. This year, we had the pleasure of welcoming four new cohorts from the Miriam Foundation and launching an empowering collaboration with the L’Institut national pour l’Équité, l’Égalité et l’Inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap …
A Year at the Farm
The tomato plants have been pulled up, the garlic planted, and the tools put away for the winter. It’s officially time to hibernate and say goodbye to the agricultural workers that graced the farm with their sunny presences this summer. Frankie and Leda, thank you for sharing your knowledge, skills, warmth, and energy with us this year, we will miss …
2024 at the Roulant
Photos: Nazmus Syed, Melanie Godel, Sasha Lintern-Smith, Mélanie Dusseault, Pierre Inglebert, Evangeline Freedman
An ever-evolving Meals-on-Wheels
The Roulant’s kitchen has been running at full capacity for several weeks now, exceeding our projections for 2024 by producing, with the help of our volunteers, around 140 meals a day for delivery, in addition to frozen meals for our community partners. This growth in the Meals-on-Wheels is part of a series of reflections and adjustments that began more than …