Santropol Roulant is a learning center and community organization in Montreal founded and run by young people. They use food as a vehicle to break social and economic isolation between the generations and to strengthen and nourish the local community. A social service with an environmental and social change ethos, the Roulant aims to bring nutritious and ethically produced food to their community.
Since 1995, with the energy of thousands of volunteers, they have made over 335,000 meals and delivered them by bicycle, on foot and by car to seniors and people living with a loss of autonomy across Montreal. They are innovating and experimenting with new ways of connecting people to food, to their environments and to each other.
Program areas for creating for community, action and interaction among and between the generations include:
- Meals-on-Wheels: an employment-skills and volunteer program that runs 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year
- Carrefour des Générations: youth and seniors build meaningful relationships and work together, as equals, to build a strong and healthy community
- Rooftop Garden: volunteers plant, care for, cultivate and harvest these ultra-local, organic vegetables.
- “Vers le Vert” Worm-Composting: aiming for zero waste by transforming all organic and biodegradeable products into rich compost that will be used in the Rooftop Garden.
- Kitchen and Bicycle Workshops
Find out more about Santropol Roulant by visiting their website. |
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