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Pizza, cake and goodbyes

Tonight staff, residents and alumni all piled into the yard at Foundation House to give Erik a proper send off. We had 14 large pizzas, a huge slab ice cream cake and some Erik trivia, which was actually a bit of an Erik roast! Staff shared stories of Erik when he first...
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Galiano Road Trip

Rebecca and Evan headed over to Galiano on Tuesday to provide some community education to the folks on that island. Vesna, pictured with Evan and Rebecca below had asked for Umbrella to come and share a bit about what we do and how to support their folks over there. We ...
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Reading Library

Umbrella has started our own reading library! Thanks to a generous donation of books from our friends at Munro's books, we were able set up some bookcases and start our new library. We have already had some people help themselves to some new reading. Everyone is encou...
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Vital Youth & Evan

Umbrella was pleased to have been a recipient of the Vital Youth grant, funded by the Victoria Foundation and awarded by youth throughout high schools in Victoria. Evan joined the youth at St. Michaels as they shared their experience with the Vital Youth program and ho...
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AGM 2023

On June 14, Umbrella hosted our Annual General Meeting. We were thrilled to have so many of our members, community partners, funders and supporters in attendance. Our key note speaker, MLA Grace Lore, spoke about Umbrella and our importance to the community and our othe...
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Staff Barbecue

On Thursday, we got the staff together to give Bronwyn a proper barbecue send off, and to have some ice cream sandwiches to celebrate Louise's birthday. We had a great turnout and everyone got to say "see you later" to Bronwyn. We are all looking forward to the next bar...
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Good-bye Bronwyn

Today is our Bronwyn's last day with Umbrella. After almost 8 and a half years, Bronwyn decided it was time for a change and she is jumping ship and joining the communications team at Island Health. There are only two current employees who know what Umbrella is without ...
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Umbrella’s 2023 Annual Report

Umbrella's Annual Report is out! This year we went with a Yearbook theme and had a lot of fun with it. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did making it. To flip through, click here.    
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Podcast Episode 9

Comfortably Un-Numb – The Podcast Episode 9 is now live! In today's episode, Blake speaks with Trevor Botkin, the gregarious Executive Director of Hero Works Victoria as Trevor tells his inspiring story of recovery. Trevor is one who knows first hand how hard it ...
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James is 2!

Today at the Potter House meeting we took the time to celebrate James and his two years of sobriety. James has been a leader and a source of inspiration for the guys at all our houses, and our staff. James took the time to prioritize his recovery and to work his program...