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Homeowners for a year!

When we all talk about 2020, we are usually talking about COVID-19 and how that impacted us all, and continues to do so today. However, when Umbrella talks about 2020, we all think about one of our greatest accomplishments to date, purchasing Foundation House. This is ...
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Staff Anniversaries – February

We keep saying it - we love our team! February is a big month for Umbrella because we get to celebrate the anniversaries of Bronwyn, Louise, Nicole G and Justin L. Thank you all for all you do for Umbrella, the community and our clients. Nicole G joined Umbrella on Feb...
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Join our team

Umbrella is hiring! If you are interested in joining our awesome team, check out the posting and get in touch! https://live-umbrella-society.pantheonsite.io/employment-opportunities/
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Staff Anniversaries – January

We love our staff and we always try to find ways to showcase their amazingness. In January, we celebrated two staff anniversaries. Amy joined our team January 2, 2018 and Bruce joined us January 28, 2019. Amy who started with our ICM Team, has been sharing her time be...
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New Years Eve Delivery

We wanted to do something special for the guys at Foundation House this year. Like everyone, they had to change their plans of seeing family and friends over the holidays, and we haven't permitted visitors in quite some time. It can be fun to live with eleven other guy...
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Foundation House Feast

The community sure steps up during the holidays, and we are so grateful. John and his wife Sheri, dropped off turkey dinner and all the fixings!! The boys at Foundation House are going to eat well on Christmas! Thank you John and Sheri for thinking of our guys.
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Christmas from Angels

Christmas is looking a little different this year. Normally many of our residents travel home for the holidays, but not this year. So the Angels went above and beyond and spoiled our folks at Hudson and Cooper House with Christmas dinner and gifts for the residents. A...
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Christmas via ZOOM

We had big plans to celebrate our staff and the holiday season but like everyone we had to pivot and come up with a different plan. So today we spent some time together, via ZOOM, to share gratitude, respect and admiration for each other and for the hard work the team is ...
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Christmas at our houses

The residents at our recovery houses are feeling festive and getting ready for Santa. All the trees were decorated by the residents and all are very different, we love them all! We had an artificial tree and some decorations donated to us this year, and of course, ou...
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Thank you Banyan Construction!

A huge thank you to our friends at Banyan Construction for donating meals to the residents in all of our houses. The Vancouver Island Construction Association hosted a virtual Christmas lunch today and the great people at Banyan Construction bought a meal for each of ...