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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
23/09 Apple sauce and apple butter canning workshop!
Looking to fill your pantry with delicious seasonal produce? Unsure where to start? Spend an evening with us in the Santropol Roulant community kitchen and learn the ropes. Safe water-bath canning will be demystified and delicious apple sauce and apple butter will be made. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the basics of canning in a hands on way! …
Katimavik Eco-Stage – Meals-on-Wheels
For three months this fall, become an integral part of our Meals-on-Wheels team and help us deliver our mission of breaking social isolation and improving food security and community engagement in Montreal. Certain conditions apply: applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents between the ages of 18 and 35. This internship is 30 hours per week. The selected candidate will …
Meals-on-Wheels Intern
You want to be an integral part of helping us deliver on our mission to break social isolation and improve food security and community engagement in Montreal? If so, then apply to be our Meals-On-Wheels Intern position ! It’s a 6 month contract. The deadline to apply is March 19th at 9:00am, and candidates must be eligible for an Emploi-Québec …
A Look Back at Kitchen Workshops
Last May we wrapped up a year-long series of 12 kitchen workshops focused on basic, healthy cooking skills. Danny Guarino, long-time volunteer at the Roulant and workshop teacher, brought his kitchen expertise and passion for fresh seasonal vegetables into the kitchen. Participants had the opportunity to benefit from Danny’s gentle, encouraging leadership style as well as his vast knowledge of …
Flash Meals-on-Wheels Internship
You want to be an integral part of helping us deliver on our mission to break social isolation and improve food security and community engagement in Montreal? If so, then apply to be our Meals-on-Wheels Intern position! It’s a 10 weeks contract, starting mi-January. The deadline to apply is January 3rd. This is a subsidized position. To be eligible to …
Torrential Tomatoes
It’s practically raining tomatoes which is why we invite you, dear volunteers, to come help transform these terrific tomatoes into canned salsa, sauce and other preserves. On Wednesday September 11th, lend us a hand in the kitchen and maybe learn a trick or two about canning. There will be a second session the following week on September 18th. Sign up …
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Community Kitchen Coordinator – Job Posting
At Santropol Roulant, like in many homes, everything starts and ends in the kitchen. Working in our kitchen is therefore an ideal way to get to know many aspects of our work, our approach, and even our raison d’être. It’s therefore with great excitement that we’re looking for a new Community Kitchen Coordinator who will work closely with our Kitchen …
The Gazette: Creating community in a kitchen
Yesterday we had the pleasure or seeing The Gazette publish a wonderful article about the Roulant. Thank you Susan Schwartz for such lovely coverage. To access the article on The Gazette’s website, click here. To download a copy of the archived PDF (below), click here.