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 …
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Check-Up: A Look Under the Hood of a Meals-on-Wheels
We are delighted to share with you the results of a three-year project in food safety and nutrition to improve our Meals-on-Wheels service and to ensure that our work has a growing impact on the well-being of elderly Montrealers. As part of this project, we developed a website called Check-up. Here, health professionals (and everyone else) can freely access tools, …
Volunteering in the New Year
As the new year begins, our volunteer program is in full swing. Throughout January, we are recruiting volunteers to help us with our meals-on-wheels service, in the kitchen, administrative tasks and especially on deliveries. If you have excellent hand writing, the fundraising team would love your help during office hours (9am-5pm). Email Meghan for more info. As a reminder, the …
We’ve Got Your Holiday Gifts
Looking for holiday gifts that reflect your love for food and community? We’ve got ’em! Thank a dinner host with a big shiny jar of tomato sauce and a Roulant apron! Looking for a party favor? Why not bring some delicious salsa made from organic Montreal-grown veggies to the party! Does your cheese platter need some apple butter? It’s all in the …
Volunteering: Intergenerational Holiday Brunch!
T’was the 11th of December, all in a bunch, Gathered clients and volunteers, for the Roulant Holiday Brunch! A little reminder that our intergenerational holiday brunch is coming next month! We will be looking for volunteers to pick up clients, be a brunch “buddy”, work in the kitchen and/or serve the food. The holiday brunch is truly a special event, with …
Shop at the Roulant Holiday Fair!
Do you love local, handmade gifts as much as we do? We thought so! Come on down to the Roulant on and check out potential holiday gifts while nibbling on Roulant-made gingerbread cookies. You can also have a cup of tea made from the herbs we harvested from our urban agriculture gardens! What: Mama-made biscotti, cycling enthusiasts tees, ceramics, ornaments, jewelry, …
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Highlights of the Harvest Gala
What an incredible evening we spent together on October 23. We feasted on a delicious harvest meal, celebrated the Roulant’s community and the intergenerational dance party continued late into the night! The Harvest Gala was a sold out event with over 300 supporters, volunteers and clients in attendance. A special thank you to everyone who bought clients for our client-members …
Job Offer: Kitchen Co-Manager – Meals-on-Wheels specialization
If you are passionate about the food security needs of the elderly, love working with volunteers in the kitchen, and are excited about keeping the kitchen spic’n’span, you might just be the person we are looking for. The full-time position will focus on the daily operations and development of the Meals-on-Wheels kitchen program. The deadline to apply is Monday, November …
Visit Our New General Store!
Ever wished the Roulant mini-market were there for you all week long? Do you want to taste the delicious preserves being canned right here? Or take home a portion of our healthy meals for your own dinner? It’s all available for you in our New General Store right here at 111 Rue Roy Est. Local and Organic Products for Sale! …
Get Your Own Local Organic Thanksgiving Basket!
This Autumn, we thought it would be fun to partner with our friends and neighbours at Les volailles et gibiers Fernando to offer a special certified organic Thanksgiving basket. We’re only putting together a handful of these so get ’em while they last. The costs $127 (cost varies depending on the size of turkey) and should be plenty for 6-8 …
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Roulant General Store Launch!
Ever wished the Roulant mini-market were there for you all week long? Do you want to taste the delicious preserves being canned right here? Or take home a portion of our healthy meals for your own dinner? Well, it’s all coming together; at the Opening of the Roulant General Store, right in the Roulant offices! What: Join us for a …
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 …