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Ribbon Cutting

Today Umbrella joined Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Judy Darcy, MLA Mitzi Dean, Mayor David Screech, Executive Director of Our Place, Don Evans and many others for the ribbon cutting ceremony of Our Place's new Therapeutic Recovery Community Centre. It was ...
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The Q Centre

Today we checked out The Q Centre, where our Montreal Canadiens Alumni Charity Hockey Game is taking place on February 10, 2019. Umbrella is REALLY excited about this fundraiser, and the details are starting to come together. The staff at The Q Centre, The Grizzlies and...
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CFB Esquimalt

Today Mike and Robyn were at CFB Esquimalt for the launch of United Way's Campaign. There was a lot of great interactions, lots of interest in Umbrella and lots of fun to be had by these two. We love these opportunities to meet new people and talk about the great work U...
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Royals Season Kickoff

Tonight Umbrella staff Sharlene and Blake and a couple of Cooper House residents gathered at the Save On Foods Arena to celebrate the start of the Victoria Royals hockey season. This was the kick off for season ticket holders and the energy and excitement could be felt b...
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Umbrella and The Habs

We are really, really excited! On February 10, 2019, the Montreal Canadiens alumni are playing a charity hockey game with all funds going to Umbrella. There are so many exciting details we are working on, but we promise a fun day of hockey, community, food and Umbrella....
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Victoria Harbour Cats

Let's play ball! The residents of both Foundation House and Cooper House are getting ready for the Harbour Cats game tonight at Royal Athletic Park. Umbrella and our residents, are grateful for the community support the Harbour Cats are showing us by sending our boys to...
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Birthday Fun

Last week at our Umbrella fun day, we also celebrated two of our team's birthdays - Evan and Valerie. The team really enjoys these moments as a opportunity to share stories, laughs and, of course, cake!
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Umbrella Fun Day!

This afternoon the team took a much needed fun break and headed out for a good old fashioned girls vs guys mini golf game. The stakes were high... a trophy and bragging rights were on the line! Evan and Conor were trying to create their own golf gang... While Bronwyn...
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Congratulations Amy

The whole Umbrella team is so proud of Amy and her graduation from the Mental Health and Addictions program at Camosun. She is a huge asset to the SAMI team and we appreciate all the hard work and dedication it has taken for her to become the capable and effective outreac...
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AGM 2018

  It was with so much pride that Umbrella shared our year of successes at our 2018 Annual General Meeting last night. The intimate event took place in the community space generously provided to us by Uptown. We were honoured to have Echo Kulpas, Coordinator of Acce...