Do you love urban fruit? The Fruits Défendus collective is seeking new members! Getting involved We are seeking individuals who will be available to attend weekly meetings and commit an additional 2 or 3 hours of their weekly schedule to the collective from March through to November. Other volunteer opportunities for people interested in harvesting fruit or becoming harvest leaders will …
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The New Delivery Backpacks Have Arrived!
Did you know that Santropol Roulant is one of the only meals-on-wheels in Quebec that delivers a service 5 days per week, by foot and by bike, to close to 300 people living with a loss of autonomy? To accomplish this daily feat, we are proud to announce the arrival of our newest fleet of custom made backpacks! Our recent …
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 …
Our Senneville Farm: an urban and peri-urban food system
While we continue to deliver warm meals throughout the winter and host events with our client members, we also spend a lot of time planning for the upcoming high season, in our agriculture program. We’ve been working for years to have better control over the origin of our food products. This desire is reflected in our suburban farm in Senneville, a learning field in agriculture and a …
Survey: We need your input!
Calling all current and past volunteers, client-members, donors, board members and staff! We invite you to feed our work by answering the survey below. The purpose of this survey is to assess Santropol Roulant’s impact in the area of community engagement. By answering these questions, you are helping us determine if the Roulant’s activities are engaging people to the degree …
2015 AGM: Calling All Candidates!
Are you a member of the Roulant? Would you like to further your involvement in the Roulant as an administrator and join the Board of Directors? Submit your application for the election at our next Annual General Meeting (AGM) (Thursday March 26th, 2015, starting at 5:30pm)! During the AGM, members of the Roulant – that is, anyone who has been a …
Project GO: "6 à 8" at the Roulant!
Via McGill’s student group Project GO, student volunteers participate in meal deliveries (and sometimes kitchen shifts) for our Meals-on-Wheels Program on a weekly or bi-monthly basis. The initiative is primarily linked with McGill University, but is open to students from other universities as well! What: We’ll be hosting a “6 à 8” to recruit new members, to introduce new volunteers to the student group, …
Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is seeking new members!
Calling all beekeeping enthusiasts! Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is seeking new members! We are looking for volunteers with a broad range of experience in order to create a good mix of people to keep our hives healthy and happy. The collective’s mission is to help spread sustainable, democratic, and local beekeeping practices.We are a group of beekeepers who come together to foster and uphold …
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 …
Help Us During the Holidays!
Looking for a way to give back over the holidays? Come give us a hand in the kitchen or on deliveries 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 for meal deliveries too! As a reminder, the meals-on-wheels schedule runs from …
Volunteer Appreciation Party!
Every day in every way Santropol Roulant volunteers make our programs run. In the kitchen, out on delivery, in the bike shop, or in the thick of our gardens: everything that the Roulant does happens thanks to your efforts. With the change of season, we want to thank you for all that you’ve done in 2014! When: Thursday, December 18th, …
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 …