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F House is beautiful!

When we bought Foundation House in February of this year, on the top of the "to-do" list was paint it. It needed a refresh and it also felt like the right time to change the colour scheme and add a pop of Umbrella to it. We went to our go-to guy, Dave Surtees and he pai...
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Celebrating Evan!

Today was a very special day at Umbrella. The team took advantage of our ZOOM staff meeting to celebrate Evan's 10 years of sobriety! We created a "build-a-head" of Evan and shared it on ZOOM during our staff meeting so that everyone looked like Evan. It created a lot ...
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Congratulations Liz!

We could not be more proud of our most recent practicum student, Liz. She has finished her practicum with flying colors, and even ahead of schedule! We are so grateful for the support and insight she has shared with Umbrella's clients during her time here. Her impact has...
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2020 AGM

Tonight was Umbrella's 2020 AGM. Since this was our 20th year, we wanted to have a big splash and celebrate Umbrella. Instead, we held our AGM via ZOOM. It wasn't how we planned it, but it was wonderful. It was so great to see friendly faces who share our success, a...
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New Logo

You may have noticed a new look recently for Umbrella. With the help of our friends over at LeapXD we have created a new logo to celebrate out 20th year. And we are thrilled! Neil and Brandy at Leap really understood what this milestone means for us and our new logo i...
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Lyca gets political

Normally all of us at Umbrella, including our house dog Lyca, try to keep politics out of our day to day work - but not today. Lyca received a Donald Trump Chew Toy from Bronwyn and it is her new favourite thing! She carries him around, pulls at his hair and makes him ...
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Care Packages

When we had our last staff meeting March 18, we had no idea how long it would be until we all saw each other again, in person. We are almost at the two month mark and boy do we miss seeing our team weekly. So much so, that we created care packages for all staff, and d...
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ZOOM Board Meetings

Last night, Umbrella held our monthly board meeting via ZOOM. We had to cancel April's board meeting due to the uncertainty of the COVID situation, so it had been awhile since we met. Our board is a critical resource for the ED and they are a group of warm, caring and c...
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Ice Cream Social

We talk a lot about what a great community Victoria is. People here care with their whole hearts, and not a day goes by when we don’t get to witness this kindness in action. Today, the kindness of Autumn at Cold Comfort blew our minds. During a time when small busines...
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Dean

On May 6th 2019, Umbrella was lucky to have Dean join us for his practicum. We didn't know at the time what a gift had been shared with us. During his practicum, Dean provided incredibly important counseling support for many Umbrella clients. He also participated in our ...