Do you love local, handmade gifts as much as we do? We thought so! Come on down to the Roulant on and check out potential holiday gifts while nibbling on Roulant-made gingerbread cookies. You can also have a cup of tea made from the herbs we harvested from our urban agriculture gardens! What: Mama-made biscotti, cycling enthusiasts tees, ceramics, ornaments, jewelry, …
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Help us out at our General Store!
Our General Store is up and running and we are looking for volunteers to help out! If you are available some afternoons Monday to Saturday to help welcome visitors, answer questions about the Roulant, and keep our new store well-stocked, let us know! This volunteer position will be part storekeeper, part receptionist and office helper. At times when the store is less …
SantroVélo Fall Tune-up Day!
On Saturday Oct 18th, SantroVélo – our community bike shop – will be holding a Fall Tune-Up event! If you’ve been to the tune-up before, you know that volunteer bike mechanics offer a basic check-up (brakes, shifting, bottom bracket, headset, wheel axles, and tires) and will do the repairs on 2 or 3 things that need a bit of love. “Things” include, for …
Volunteers wanted: Ambassadors
This fall, we are actively recruiting enthusiastic and attentive volunteers for our next intergenerational event, but also for volunteer fairs and other community activities. If you have a good understanding and knowledge of our programs, you could help represent us at volunteer fairs, community events, and other activities. Whether you are interested in volunteering or need more information, please contact Ben by …
Meals-On-Wheels: Saturday Switch
Attention, Saturday volunteers! We will be experimenting with a new volunteer schedule for Saturday meals-on-wheels delivery over the next few months to shorten the shifts and close up shop a bit earlier than before. New Saturday Schedule Beginning October 4th 2014, our Saturday schedule will be the following: Morning kitchen shift (cooking): 9am-12pm Afternoon kitchen shift (packaging meals, cleaning, prep work): 12:30-3pm …
Volunteer with Project Go!
Every year at the start of each school semester, students from McGill University help recruit volunteers to lend a hand to our Meals-on-Wheels program by signing up weekly or bi-monthly for meal deliveries and the occasional kitchen shift. With the success of this one student initiative, called Project GO, we are we’re hoping to include students from other post-secondary institutions as well. No matter which post-secondary institution you …
Garden Tear Down!
Join us at the Edible Campus to help us tear down our gardens at McGill University Friday, October 10th from 10am-4pm! Dress warmly and be prepared to get dirty! In case of rain, the activity will be postponed to the following day. You are encouraged to stay for the whole activity, but drop-ins are also welcome. Please email Carlo to sign up and feel free to bring your friends. Thank you to everyone who has …
Community Farm Day
Join us on our annual Community Farm Day, that will take place on September 27th, and get to know Santropol Roulant’s periurban farm and main gardening site located in Senneville in the West Island. Expect some fresh air, bird calls and dirt under your nails! What: The day includes a farm tour and a gardening session in order to give a …
Meal Deliveries Tip sheet
Sometimes, our clients are not at home, there are miscommunications about meal orders, or our volunteers have trouble finding their way around town. That’s normal! So we produced a handy booklet to help deliveries go smoothly for our volunteers and clients. This is pretty exciting as it is the result of a wonderful collaboration between our meals-on-wheels team and one of our …
Women & Trans Night at SantroVélo
SantroVélo, our community bike shop, will open the 2nd Saturday of each month from 4 to 7pm to welcome people who identify as female or transgender. This is an opportunity for women and transgender folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine. If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a hand or …
RBC Ambassadors
Volunteers are at the heart of our work here at Santropol Roulant and we’re lucky to welcome so many of them from all walks of life. In the past two years you may have noticed more groups coming to volunteer as we invite teams of corporate volunteers to spend the day with us. It was through this program as well …
Team building at Santropol Roulant
This past year we were fortunate enough to have the support of more than a dozen teams, from companies all across Montreal who took a break from their busy work weeks to lend a hand delivering meals, chopping veggies in the kitchen and even getting their hands dirty in the garden. To close out 2013, we had an amazing (and …