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Evan learns admin

Today Evan was taught about fax cover sheets and faxing his own faxes. It took a bit of guidance from Brianna, but Evan eventually got the hang of it. He might need a bit more training before Evan can add admin skills to his repertoire, but he is getting there!
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Justin moves on

Tonight was an emotional night at the weekly Foundation House meeting. Long time resident and previous Senior Resident Justin, is moving out tomorrow and tonight, we said goodbye. We welcomed staff, Cooper House guys and some alumni to the house as everyone thanked Just...
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United Way Visit

Today members of the United Way team popped by Foundation House to chat with us about the great work Umbrella is doing in the community. The United Way has been a huge support of Umbrella and we always look forward to opportunities to chat with them and express our thank...
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Our new office!

It took all day Friday and half of Sunday, but we have the new office set up and ready to go for Tuesday! This office was truly a community effort with support from our board, staff, residents, and community. There was some major magic that played a role in this move as...
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IKEA building

Umbrella has been busy getting our new office all set up. We needed to enlist the help of board, staff and friends of Umbrella to get all the IKEA things together. As you can see Kelly and Sean were working hard while Evan was falling behind.. looking distracted by his ...
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Thank you QVCC!

Today we said goodbye to our amazing friends at the Quadra Village Community Centre. For the last 15 years, QVCC has been our home, our only office. The staff there have been an incredible part of shaping the future of the Umbrella Society. Today, we transition to our...
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Lyca & the new office

Today Umbrella got the keys to our new office. We brought Lyca to check it out, and she loves the carpet, and the office! We officially move next week and we can't wait to have Lyca hang with us each day.
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Thriving Non-Profits

Today, Sharlene & Bronwyn graduated from the Thriving Non-Profits Program, funded by Victoria Foundation. We have learned about social enterprise, fee for service, assets and scale, and so much more great stuff! Our coach that worked with us for the last six months was ...
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Bronwyn graduated!

Our amazing Bronwyn has been going to Vancouver every month for a couple of days to participate in the Vancouver United Way's Public Policy Institute, and today is her grad day!! We are so proud of our Bronwyn. Public policy is Bronwyn's jam, so who knows how she will ...
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Fresh Coat

Umbrella hired our favourite contractor Dave Surtees to give a little TLC to the front of the house and the stairs, and we had to share how great they look. In October, these stairs will be the backdrop for a photo with residents and the Boston Bruins Alumni so we had t...