Earlier in September, the Santropol Roulant team hosted a fall community lunch for our clients and volunteers. The event was a wonderful opportunity for generations connect and share. The kitchen team prepared a delicious apple-themed menu; Louis and Wilfred provided soothing musical accompaniment. It was a very lovely occasion, complete with flowers from the farm, great conversation, and lots of apples! Thank you to all …
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McGill Students on Wheels – Seeking New Executives
Santropol Roulant is seeking new McGill University student representatives to be in charge of the McGill Students on Wheels association beginning in September 2016. Another school year is around the corner, and our Volunteer Program is preparing for the arrival of many new student volunteers. McGill Students on Wheels is a student association that helps recruit volunteers on campus to help …
A Successful Monthly Giving Campaign!
This spring 28 new monthly donors signed up to the Roulant Roots, our monthly giving program. Thanks to our new donors, we have gone from receiving $1949/month to $2623/month. With these funds, we can subsidize 125 fresh meals for individuals living with a loss of autonomy, filled with veggies we grow, and delivered to the clients’ doorstep by caring volunteers. Monthly giving …
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Rue Fermier – Seeking Volunteers !
Hello volunteers! Our community picnic event will take place July 21st and we need your help to ensure the success of this day! So come by lend a hand, then stay for the party and enjoy the activities. Volunteer tasks before July 21st Decorations (boards, banners and other fun stuff to make the street look great) Handing out flyers Food prep and …
Welcome back Transat and AOL!
With the start of spring came the arrival of two corporate groups into our kitchen, our garden, and out into our community. In late April, 19 employees from Transat headed over to our McGill Gardens to help us setup for the season. There was much lifting and shoveling as the Transat team worked with other volunteers to prepare the site for …
Deliver Veggie Baskets by Bike
Calling all volunteer cyclists! On June 17th, we will begin delivering fresh veggie baskets to our meals-on-wheels clients. While some of these deliveries will be done by car, most will be done by bike to the Mile End, Centre Sud, Ville Marie and Westmount neighbourhoods. In order to do so, we need your help! When: Friday afternoons, beginning at 3:30pm Where: …
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Calling all volunteers – come help out on a regular basis at the Roulant
As you may know, our Volunteer Program has a two-tier sign-up system for those who help out in the kitchen and on meal deliveries. Some volunteers help out on an occasional basis while others do so on a regular basis. We are currently seeking to increase our base of recurrent volunteers who wish to have a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or other regular …
Monthly Giving Campaign
Our monthly giving program, otherwise known as the Roulant Roots, is all about growing community support year round for a healthy and socially connected city. Monthly donations demonstrate both financial support and solidarity around the Roulant’s work. Even $5 or $10 a month makes a big difference! Did You Know Over 200,000 people in greater Montreal experience food insecurity 36% of seniors …
Stories of Santropol Roulant – John
I’m a fifty-seven year old and I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s two years ago. I was born in Edmonton but my family moved to Victoria when I was only six months old. We lived in Victoria for a while but continued to move around, living in both Canada and the United States as we followed my father’s work. My father …
Job Offer: Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteers are at the heart of our meal delivery service – they do everything from chopping onions ’til they cry to delivering warm meals in a blizzard! The Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer Coordinator, a new position at the Roulant, will have the opportunity to work with our dedicated and passionate volunteers to build food security and intergenerational connections in our community. The application …
Sugar shack love
Last Thursday we enjoyed a beautiful outing to feast at l’Érablière Charbonneau! Some 60 clients, volunteers and staff took the road trip to Mont St Gregoire, building intergenerational relationships and community in one. The menu at the sugar shack was an extravaganza: crepes, ham, omelet and tourtière were all doused in delicious maple syrup. We ate like kings and queens! Though …
Meals-on-Wheels: Home & Community Care
Did you know that our Meals-on-Wheels program is part of a continuum of services that contributes to home care, like cleaning support, health care service, pharmaceuticals deliveries, etc. The people that use these services are often, seniors, post hospitalisation patients, those who suffer from degenerative disease, mental health challenges or have reduced mobility. Staying at home is a less costly alternative for …