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 …
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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 …
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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 a broad range of volunteers in order to create a good mix of people to keep our hives healthy and happy. We are a group of beekeepers who work to support the permanence and sustainability of the beekeeping community in Montreal. To this end, we support …
Holiday Recap & Photos!
The holidays are an especially joyful, festive and bustling time of year at Santropol Roulant! The Annual Intergenerational Holiday Brunch was once again a great success. We welcomed more than 100 members (clients, volunteers, staff, donors and board members) into our office for good food, good cheer and good music (courtesy of McGill’s oldest acapella group, Tonal Ecstasy). Thanks also to …
New and Familiar Faces
Extra! Extra! The new issue of Words-on-Wheels, our client-member newsletter, is hot off the press! In this latest edition, titled “New and Familiar Faces,” we feature cover model Mrs Shanker, introduce new team members and interview one of our longest-running volunteers, the one and only, Matt B. In addition to meal delivery, community events, phone chats, surveys and more, W-o-W is …
Amplifying Voices Video #5: Meals-on-Wheels
Amplifying Voices is a video project that explores the lives and realities of six seniors who receive meals-on-wheels from Santropol Roulant. Santropol Roulant: This mini video showcases how Jan, Anne, Alda, Augustine and Rosanne use Santropol Roulant’s meals-on-wheels service. Who participated? Santropol Roulant’s meals-on-wheels clients and volunteers collaborated to create these videos. While the clients provided the content by sharing their …