SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2005
		Elana Ludman - McGill, BComm CEI Host Organization - Santropol Roulant CEI Funding partner - Zeller Family Foundation

My name is Elana Ludman and I am working at Santropol Roulant this summer.
I am very excited by this opportunity so let me share with you a bit about
the organization and what I will be doing this summer.

This community organization is located in the heart of downtown Montreal.
It uses food as a tool to break social barriers and isolation. Through its
meals-on-wheels program it helps bring people of all ages, cultures and
background together. Over 200 volunteers (of which over a third are under
the age of 35) deliver 80 - 100 meals daily to people living with a loss of
autonomy. Although their meals-on-wheels program is the foundation of this
organization, they are continuously growing and expanding. In recent years
they have started a roof-top-garden, which they use to grow vegetables,
herbs and spices for their food. However, this projected is also part of a
greater goal of greening our community. Santropol Roulant also has many
other activities that can allow people to get involved, for example they now
have a Friperie and a bike workshop on site. As their slogan would suggest,
many of Santropol Roulant's activities are part of a greater effort to help
build a strong intergenerational community.

Now that you know a little bit about the organization, let me tell you a
little bit more about what I am doing this summer. Santropol Roulant is
celebrating its 10th birthday this year and I have been hired to help
organize the event that will take place on June 9th, 2005. I will also be
helping to organize and coordinate other "Roulant" events. For example, I
will be coordinating and organizing promotional/outreach booths that will be
set up during the summer, such as the one at the famous four day Saint
Laurent Street Sale in Montreal taking place June 16th -June 19th. Another
event I will be helping to organize is Santropol Roulant's 9th Annual Bazaar
taking place September 10th at the "Roulant" (the corner of St-Urbain and
Duluth). This one-day event is one of their biggest fundraising events, and
fundraising is very important for them since Santropol Roulant is 20% self
funded. Finally, I will be assisting in the re-design of the website, this
is not a huge task, but something new and different.

As you can see my summer will be jammed packed with events and organizing.
I am very excited by this, since Santropol Roulant has already proven to be
a unique organization with great, motivated and passionate people.

By the way, if anyone is in Montreal this summer, please feel to stop by and
say hi!

Have a great summer!

Elana