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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...
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6 days and counting…

Saturday is game day! If you haven't got your tickets, you should get on that! VIP are sold out and only general admission are left get your tickets here.  The Bruins are ready and their roster is confirmed. Ray BOURQUE Geoff COURTNALL Al IAFRATE Bob SWEENEY Dave ...
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Justin

We want to tell you about Justin. Justin, who just whizzed through his probationary period and nailed his three month review, is our newest employee. This guy, who is so incredibly dedicated to his daughter, is part of our SAMI team and was hired directly from his pract...
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Hockey Game Update

One week tomorrow is the big charity hockey game at The Q Centre with the Greater Victoria Firefighters taking on the Boston Bruins Alumni. We are ready to welcome NHL legends like Ray Bourque, Al Iafrate, Geoff Courtnall, Andrew Raycroft, Bob Sweeney and many more! As ...
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Bronze Sponsors

Umbrella has been so grateful for all the community support we have received as we prepare for our second alumni hockey game. We wanted to take a moment to recognized our wonderful Bronze Level Sponsors: Bear Mountain has been a huge supporter over the last two ...
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Roster Change

We just heard from the Bruins and Ken Linsmen is unable to play in our charity hockey game. We were pretty excited about Ken's replacement though, Geoff COURTNALL! The Courtnall's are very well known here in Victoria, and are heroes in the mental health and addiction wo...
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So, you hate the Bruins?

So, you aren't a Bruins fan but you still want to support Umbrella? Well you are in luck! Blake, our corrections outreach worker and housing manager extraordinaire is lacing up his skates to play against the Bruins as part of the Greater Victoria Firefighters Team. Co...
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Congratulations Don Coulson

Today, 100.3 The Q did a live auction to golf with Al Iafrate and Bob Sweeney of the Boston Bruins Alumni Team. This golf game, taking place at Bear Mountain on October 5, was won by Don Coulson and his bid of $1000! Thank you Don for your support and generous donation,...