Volunteers, donors, clients and friends, we were truly touched by your generosity, kind gestures and gratitude this holiday season! Over Christmas and New Years, you didn’t skip a beat dear volunteers, as you poured through our doors, serving up turkey dinner and tourtière, and delivering good food and cheer to clients who were eagerly awaiting a special holiday meal. Your …
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A Big Thank You to Our Corporate Volunteers!
Towards the end of 2015, we were fortunate to have the help of several enthusiastic and motivated corporate groups. In November, three employees from Dream came to help prepare fresh meals for our client-members. They worked as part of a crew of six volunteers to cook the meal of the day (vegetarian chili), as well as the side dishes of fruit …
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Cookbook Launch: Learning From Our Elders
Santropol Roulant is excited to announce the launch of our new cookbook: Learning From Our Elders, this Monday December 14, from 5 to 7 pm. This book celebrates 20 years of Santropol Roulant by compiling stories and recipes shared by our clients and community. We had the opportunity to gather these experiences with a series of intergenerational cooking workshops. Over the past several months, …
It’s Truly Better to Give Than to Receive
Looking for a way to give back over the holidays? Come give us a hand in the kitchen or helping deliver meals throughout December and early January. No matter if you’re available for just one day or several, we would love to have you! Ask us about family volunteering opportunities too! As a reminder, the meals-on-wheels schedule runs from Monday …
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Volunteer at the Intergenerational Holiday Brunch
‘Twas the 10th of December and right about noon, clients gathered round the Roulant, with a friend and a soup spoon. The Holiday Brunch is the most coveted event of the year for many of our meals-on-wheels clients. This yearly tradition gathers our intergenerational community for a holiday feast, complete with choral music, good company, and holiday warmth and generosity. What: We’re …
Transition Times
One of our core principles at Santropol Roulant is “comfort with change” – an invitation to being open to the challenges that come with change. These last few weeks have certainly given us lots of opportunities to put this in practice as we say goodbye to three of our staff members and welcome two new faces. After 10 years of …
Corporate Volunteering: Thanks Foresters and Edelman!
The month of October has been a busy one, with many new volunteers helping out at the Roulant. Recently we were fortunate enough to have the help of two corporate groups, Foresters and Edelman, who came to assist us in the kitchen and out in the community delivering meals. On October 17th, a team of volunteers from Foresters helped us to prepare, …
Job Offer: Community Collaborations Kitchen Co-Manager
If you’re passionate about the food security needs of the elderly, love working with volunteers in the kitchen, and are excited about community engagement and social entrepreneurship activities in the kitchen, you might just be the person we are looking for. The Kitchen Co-Manager’s main role is to enable community members to develop and share their cooking skills through our meals-on-wheels …
Calling all Volunteers
Volunteers, we need your help filling meals on wheels and agriculture shifts! The end of August is a time of year when we need to call upon volunteers to help fill empty slots on the volunteer schedule. Whether you are available for one or many shifts, any and all help is appreciated. Here are some of the volunteer opportunities where we especially need your help: Meals-on-Wheels program …
Come help us with canning!
Summer is almost over (we said almost!) but our food preservation volunteer shifts are in full swing! For the past couple of months, staff and volunteers have been 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. As fruits and veggies continue to pour into …
Invitation – Volunteer Summit
Calling all former and current volunteers! The Roulant wishes to put your ideas and your opinion to good use. Join us for an evening of exchange and brainstorming around different themes relating to the day-to-day activities of the Roulant, including recent changes to the volunteer and meals-on-wheels programs. We would also like to harvest stories and anecdotes about your experiences at …
Harvesting your stories
We have been shaking things up a bit in the volunteer orientation sessions and we are looking for your stories to help bring to life our descriptions of the Santropol Roulant volunteer experience! If you have volunteered in the kitchen, on meal deliveries, or in our gardens, send us your anecdotes so that we can use them in our revamped …