Meals-on-Wheels
Who Receives Meals . Our Meals . Where We Deliver
Note: The pages in this section contain everything you should need to know about Santropol Roulant's Meals-on-Wheels service. If you are interested in becoming a client, or wishing to refer a client to us, looking for information on food security, or for other Meals-on-Wheels resources in Montreal, you will find it here! If you cannot find what you are looking for, PLEASE CALL US at 284-9335, or click here to send us an email.
Meals On Wheels
Santropol Roulant's primary program is a meals-on-wheels service organized by young people (and the young at heart!) committed to building a healthy community. On average, we cook and deliver 90 fresh and home-made meals 5 days a week, Monday through Saturday. We do not deliver on Thursdays or Sundays.
More than just nourish the body, we endeavor to use food as a vehicle to help break social isolation and bring people together across cultures and generations. We make the meals right here in our kitchen in Plateau-Mt. Royal. We pack them in thermal bags and deliver them by bicycle, on foot and by car across the city.
for the Santropol Roulant 2009 Meal Calendar - click here (PDF)
Who Receives Meals
Our clients are people living with a loss of autonomy. This might include seniors, outpatients, people with disabilities, the chronically ill and people living with AIDS. The majority of the clients are seniors who have difficulty with the mobility required in order to obtain and prepare balanced meals on a daily basis. Clients are referred to Santropol Roulant by CLSCs, social workers, hospitals or family doctors.
CLICK HERE to get more information on how to become a client.
Some clients require the service for only a short period of transition or recuperation, while others have been and will remain clients as long as they are living independently in their residences.
Some striking facts:
• Between 1981 and 2011, the number of people 65 and over will have doubled.
• One third of Montreal's seniors live alone and are increasingly in need of health care services.
• As many as 50% of Montreal's seniors suffer from malnutrition.
• 25,000 meals were made and delivered by Santropol Roulant last year alone.
Our Meals
We make a wonderful variety of delicious, hot, nutritious meals. They are all low in salt and fat. We also make special meals for vegetarians and take into account food allergies and special needs, such as making puréed meals and cutting up the vegetables or the principle dish. Larger portions are also available, and double portions are an extra 50¢.
During the summer, we offer a cold meal every Tuesday of July and August.
Any extra dessert or salad is 50¢ extra.
Each meal is $3.50 and includes :
• a main dish;
• two accompanying vegetables;
• the choice of a regular or diabetic home-made dessert, a fresh fruit salad,
a green salad or a pudding.
Where We Deliver
We deliver meals in a few different neighborhoods that surround Mount-Royal. We have delineated eight routes which we refer to as; 1. Cote-des-Neiges; 2. Outremont; 3. Mile-End; 4.Centre-Sud; 5. McGill; 6. McGill West;
7. Downtown; 8. Westmount; 9. Notre-dame de Grâce.
* If you live in one of these areas and would like to try our service, please refer to the Becoming a Client section.
* If you do NOT live in one of the areas we deliver to, or you require a different Meals-on-Wheels service (ie. a lunch service), please consult the list of resources below. Practically all of the Meals-on-Wheels services are registered with one of four coordinating bodies.
MOW coordinating organizations
The Volunteer Bureau of Montreal , via its Central Office of Volunteer Food Services, works with 85 Meals-on-Wheels groups and Lunch Clubs.
2015, rue Drummond, bureau 300
Montréal (Québec) H3G 1W7
Marjorie Northrup, Coordonnatrice des services alimentaires bénévoles
Sylvie P. Valade, agente de liaison
Téléphone : (514) 842-3351 - Fax : (514) 842-8977
http://cabm.net/fr/node/71/
L'Association des Popotes Roulantes du Montréal Métropolitain has a network of 23 groups and a central kitchen. Through their network, they offer a variety of services including well balanced hot meals low in salt and fat, frozen meals from PART DU CHEF, a catering service for community groups, Campbell 's pureed meals and a delivery service.
1919, rue Saint-Jacques
Montréal H3J 1H2
Telephone: 514.937.4798
Fax: 514.937.8588
The West Island Volunteer Bureau is responsible for 15 groups.
750 Dawson Avenue, Suite 107
Dorval , Quebec H9S 1X1
Telephone: (514) 457-5445
Fax: (514) 457-9677
Website: www.cabouestdelile.org
The Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors coordinates five groups offering kosher meals.
3 Cummings Square
Montreal H3W 3E8
Telephone: 514.342.1234
Fax: 514.739.6899
Website: http://www.cummingscentre.org
If you are a healthcare professional referring a new client, click here.
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