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Christmas Party 2024

Last night was Umbrella’s annual Christmas Party. Which is more of a dinner and connection for all our amazing staff and board. Once again, Blake emceed and did such a great job – he even brought his own mic and speaker which helped a lot - it worked the entire event! ...
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United Way Kick Off

Today was the United Way Kick Off at Centennial Square. Umbrella was thrilled to be part of the big celebration and make new connections and reconnect with resources and friends. We are big United Way fans and have been fortunate to be a recipient of United Way funding ...
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BBQ for Evan

Today we celebrated Evan! Next week is Evan's 10 years with Umbrella, but he will be away, so we celebrated early. We had family, friends and employees all gather for a bbq at Umbrella headquarters. Trevor manned the bbq and we had Evan trivia that went a lightening ro...
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Podcast Season 2/E7 – Kristin

In today’s episode, the last episode of 2023, Blake sits down with Kristin, a member of our board and a member of this year’s recovery campaign. Kristin shares her story along with some thoughts on substance use in the trades and systemic changes that need to happen to be...
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We are 23!!!

It was November 20, 2023 when Umbrella was founded. Starting with our outreach program, it was one person in recovery helping another person with their own recovery journey. Today, Umbrella has grown and we support thousands of people per year through a number of progra...
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Recovery Month – Kristin

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Kristin. Kristin and her husband own Banyan Construction and Kristin is also a scientist. She holds a B Sc from UVI...
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Recipes for Recovery – Last Practice

Today was the final run through of new recipes and we included our ED and Board today. Today board members Valerie, Cyndi, Wendy and Nancy and ED Sharlene joined Nic as he helped make three delicious vegan meals. Everyone had a ton of fun than everyone sat down and tri...
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Join our Board.

Umbrella is looking to grow our Board of Directors. Two of our current directors have reached their six year time commitment and are moving on. The right applicants are curious, kind and committed to the work of Umbrella. If you are interested in being apart of an amaz...
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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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Happy Star Wars Day!

May the Fourth be with you all! Today on Star Wars Day, Umbrella is taking advantage of this day and celebrating in a huge way! We made an Ewok cheeseball, Wookie Cookies and Star Wars Cupcakes, plus, we were stocked with Star Wars candy and puns! The light sabres are ...