United Way Impact Speaker – Erik
Thank you to the United Way for showcasing Erik and his impactful story of hope and recovery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAV87hheMZg
Congrats Louise
Today is a day worth celebrating!
Louise has officially been a part of the Umbrella Team for 7 years and we are so lucky to have her.
Louise has been the go to for so many staff and clients alike. Her years of experience, compassion and sense of humour make her an incre...
Evan + Costco = JOY
Evan is not a fan of shopping, but particularly shopping at Costco.
The first picture was taken in March 2021, you can see Evan has reached his Costco capacity limit and Sharlene is overjoyed to be shopping (she loves Costco!)
The second picture was taken today, Evan's ...
Umbrella Valentines Day!
Umbrella loves to spread hope, happiness and chocolate wherever we work.
Today we made sure staff and residents received chocolate treats to celebrate!
Happy Valentines Day!
Pictured below:
Autumn, Vicky and Brae at Muncey Place
Robin at Tillicum Apartments
A note from an alumni
We love hearing from our previous residents!
This is a note from another resident that had moved on recently from Potter House and is doing very well.
Cards and notes like this make us very happy and even more proud.
Speech from the Throne
Today, Sharlene was invited as a special guest to the Speech From The Throne at our Legistlature.
It was a great opportunity to see the formality of opening day at the Legislature and to hear Lieutenant Governor Honourable Janet Austin's speech.
We were pleased to hear ...
Audit 2022 here we come!
Umbrella is excited to announce that we have hired an auditor to audit our fiscal year 2022!
Excited to get an audit?
Yes we are!
As Umbrella continues to grow we want to continue to be accountable and transparent to our
contract partners, funders, donors and communit...
Shelagh joins the office!
We are really excited to share that we were able to pull Shelagh away from the great work she has been doing on ICMT for the past couple of years to join our office team.
Shelagh brings much experience, not just in the field working with individuals with mental health an...
Birthday Cheese
Yesterday was Jake's birthday.
Jake, who has many nicknames like Jolly Jake McJingle and Big Tuna
is not a fan of sweets so this year the office staff got him a wheel of Brie.
Bronwyn fancied it up with some paper cranes and candles and we all sang to Jake and his chee...
RBC Foundation Presentation
Today Umbrella was visited by some of the great folks at RBC Foundation to present us with a $25,000 grant for our youth outreach.
We are incredibly grateful for the support of RBC Foundation and so pleased they took time to come to Umbrella's office and meet with some...