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SMART Recovery Online

Umbrella is excited to share that our regular Wednesday SMART Recovery meeting will be held online. Umbrella Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: SMART Recovery Time: Wednesdays from noon - 1:30pm Join Zoom Meeting https://smartrecovery.zoom....
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Flattening the Curve

The Umbrella office will be closed to walk in clients until March 31 2020. At that time we will reassess and keep the community informed. This office closure includes the SMART recovery groups on Wednesdays at noon and the Friday morning Drop-in Group at 10am. We are ...
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Engaged for Good

Umbrella is extremely grateful to win this years Engaged for Good HR support through Engaged HR. Umbrella takes a lot of pride in our staff and we work hard to support them and engage them as long term partners. In order to do that, we have to consistently look at our pr...
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Dad’s Wellness Group Spring 2020

Umbrella is pleased to share that we have opened registration for the second run of the Dad's Wellness Group. This low barrier group is appropriate for all types of dads struggling with issues related to substance use; new dads, step-dads, dads with or without custody of...
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Snow Day Closure

For the safety of our staff and clients, Umbrella will be closed Wednesday, January 15th, due to snow. This closure will include the noon SMART Recovery group at our office. If you have any questions or concerns please email us at wecanhelp@umbrellasociety.ca and we w...
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Thank you Cold Comfort!

Thank you so much to Cold Comfort for their recent fundraiser for the Umbrella Society! For the month of December, the local ice cream hot spot donated all proceeds from scoops of ice cream to the Umbrella Society. Support from the business community is always so very ...
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Thank You from Our Residents!

Christmas joy is in the air, and the residents of Umbrella's supportive recovery houses know how to celebrate the season! With the support of our amazing community, every resident in our houses will wake up on Christmas morning to thoughtfully donated gifts. Christmas ca...
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Christmas Fundraiser 2019

Thank you to each and every person who bought cookies for this years Umbrella Christmas Cookie Fundraiser. Sharlene spent countless hours in the kitchen whipping up her incredible (and beautiful) cookies and the support from the community was overwhelming. We raised $1,7...
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Good Bye Mike

Umbrella staff have said goodbye to Mike from the SURF team. Mike will continue to support the community as a team member at AVI. Mike has been an incredible asset to Umbrella, working in multiple roles from housing, to outreach and even venturing to Salt Spring Island. M...
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Umbrella Holiday Hours

The Umbrella Society office will be closed on December 25th and 26th as well as January 1st. The SMART Recovery group at the Umbrella office will be canceled on December 25th 2019 and January 1st 2020 for Christmas and New Years. The group will return on January 8th 2020...