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2 Years!!!

We are incredibly proud to celebrate our weekend housing worker, Bruce. Today marks two years of sobriety and active recovery for him. We are so grateful that Bruce chooses to share his skills with our residents (and Lyca!) and we wish his all the best on this great day....
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Umbrella is Hiring

We are excited to share that Umbrella is looking for another amazing human to join our team! Please take a look at our Employment Opportunities page and share widely with your communities.
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Anawim Tree 2019

One of our favorite yearly traditions is shopping for Christmas trees at Anawim House. Anawim has been a great community partner over the years and they always have the most incredible trees! A big thank you to Terry for helping Evan pick out the perfect ones for our re...
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Staff Christmas Fun 2019

Christmas came early for the Umbrella Staff! We all got together yesterday to celebrate the season and each other. There was delish food from noodle box and tons of games. We challenged each others knowledge about each other with a staff quiz which Evan won. (And c...
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Cold Comfort Ice Cream

This afternoon we got the chance to chat with the owner of local ice cream shop extraordinaire, Cold Comfort. They wanted to know about how Umbrella uses donations and what the impact of a fundraiser was on programs. An hour later, our Facebook lit up when we learned tha...
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Mark Stone

  One more sleep until Game Day! We are excited to have an autographed Mark Stone jersey from the Las Vegas Knights. This is just one of the incredible silent auction items that we will have up for bid tomorrow. Don't miss you chance, this game is going to be a hoc...
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Biggest Bruins Fan

Are you Victoria's biggest Boston Bruins fan? Are black and gold your favorite colors? Show us! Dress to impress and you could win the once in a life time chance to be an assistant coach on the Boston Bruins Alumni bench this Saturday. All you need to do is show up on...
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Robyn

  Today was Robyn's last day at Umbrella. Robyn has been a dedicated and relatable outreach worker with the Umbrella Society for the past two years. During that time, she has shared her kindness, wisdom and humor with everyone. We are incredibly grateful that she ...
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Bronze Sponsors

Umbrella has been so grateful for all the community support we have received as we prepare for our second alumni hockey game. We wanted to take a moment to recognized our wonderful Bronze Level Sponsors: Bear Mountain has been a huge supporter over the last two ...
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Mistral Consulting Group LLP

When Jon and Anja at Mistral Consulting Group LLP offered to be a Silver Level Sponsor for our upcoming Boston Bruins Alumni Charity Hockey Game, we were incredibly touched. They're support for the Umbrella Society has been unfaltering since we first met them in May. N...