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 …
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Invitation to Rue Fermier
We invite you to come celebrate FOOD – PEOPLE – COMMUNITY and the Roulant’s 21st birthday with a community picnic and block party. This year, the third edition of our summer community celebration: Rue Fermier, will take place in two steps. The first one will be a community picnic where volunteers, clients, neighbors and others are invited to join us …
From the Roof to the Sidewalk – A Growing Installation at the Roulant
Hello handypersons! ‘From our front door to the sidewalk’, is a new summer project to extend the Roulant and its roof garden beyond the building into the 2 parking spots out front. This timing coincides with an opportune invitation from the city to create a green space on Roy. Invitation: Makers – we need you! Experienced carpenters and gardeners are …
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Food Preservation Season is Here!
Are you eager to spend more time in the Roulant kitchen? Good news, harvest time and Food Preservation season is upon us! We’ll be 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! Anyone is welcome in the kitchen, experienced or not. When: Tuesdays & Fridays …
Calling all pick leaders for les Fruits défendus
Les Fruits Défendus is looking for motivated, energetic and autonomous individuals to lead our urban fruit harvests throughout the summer! Les Fruits Défendus is Montreal’s volunteer-led urban fruit harvesting collective which connects local fruit tree owners with volunteer harvesters and helps ensure that this valuable local food resource does not go to waste. As a pick leader, you will have a …
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Board Game Night!
Looking for a place to get your game on? Following on the success of other Volunteer Program mini-FUN(d)raisers such as Trivia Night and Bingo Night, why not join us at our first inaugural Board Game Night! Our games master and host, Jean-Fred, is preparing a varied selection of board games for you to try your luck at. What: The Roulant’s …
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 …
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 …
Volunteers – get your garden on this season
Calling all green thumbs – our Agriculture Program will begin accepting volunteers as of early June. This is a preliminary call-out to inform you of when and where volunteer shifts will be taking place and to gauge your interest and availability for different tasks and shifts (ex: gardening, farming, markets). Whether you’re a current or brand new volunteer interested in agricultural volunteering opportunities …
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Volunteer Appreciation Party and Talent Show!
Every day in every way, Santropol Roulant volunteers make our programs run. In the kitchen, out on delivery, in the thick of our gardens and in a million other ways, everything that the Roulant does happens thanks to your efforts. We want to thank you for all that you have done so far in 2016! This time around we are …
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Job Offer: Workshare at the Santropol Roulant Farm!
Are you looking for a part-time opportunity to get your hands dirty, build your farming skills and grow food for Santropol Roulant’s meals-on-wheels kitchen, farmer’s market and solidarity baskets? Spend one day a week at the farm and bring home a basket of organic veggies every week! We are offering 4 work-shares, each one with a specialisation in one of the …