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Hudson House turns 2

It was November 1, 2017 that Umbrella opened our women's recovery house, Hudson House. We have the best, most supportive landlords and the residents are pretty incredible, and very inspiring. We have learned lots and we continue to learn. Umbrella is grateful for the o...
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Halloween at our houses

The residents had a lot of fun this Halloween preparing for the tricker-treaters. Hudson and Cooper house carved up their pumpkins and Foundation House did things a little different. One of the residents had some fun in his gorilla costume... You may have seen him givi...
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Happy One Year Erik!

Last night we celebrated Erik's one year sober! Erik is the senior resident, a leadership role, at Foundation House. Erik's journey began with a connection with Lesley on Saltspring Island and continued with Erik moving into Foundation House last December. Watching Er...
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And the total is…

On October 5 Umbrella hosted our second ever fundraiser charity hockey game with the Boston Bruins Alumni helping us raise money for the downpayment on our recovery house we are purchasing. Well the numbers are in and we are thrilled to be adding $26,000 to our downpayme...
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Belmont Secondary Visit

Yesterday, Conor and Sean visited Belmont for a day of awareness and information. These two were fielding lots of questions, engaging with lots of youth and highlighting the good work Umbrella is doing in our community. Thanks to both of these guys for being there for t...
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Thank you Rotary Club!

Yesterday, bright and early, Sharlene joined the Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club for coffee and a generous check presentation. We are truly grateful for the support for our housing program and for the Rotary members who do such great work in our community Thank you all.
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THANK YOU is not enough

Umbrella had our second fundraiser last weekend and we need to take a few moments to acknowledge our gratitude for the support and generosity of many. Bear with us, the list is long, as it takes a community to pull off a hockey game. Thanks to the Boston Bruins Alumni ...
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Our two favourite people…

...are definitely Tess and Chris from 100.3 The Q. There are not enough wonderful adjectives that can describe these two! They joined us Friday night at our recovery house and hung out with the residents and Bruins alumni while we all shared some pizza and hockey storie...
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Foundation House Visit

Tonight, the Bruins alumni came over to Foundation House to meet the residents, see the house and eat some pizza that was donated by Boston Pizza! We heard some amazing stories, filmed a video with Tess and Chris from 100.3 The Q and had some big laughs. The team did no...
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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...