Staff BBQ
Today Umbrella hosted an end of summer barbecue for the staff.
The rain started but held off for the food and fun.
Blake manned the barbecue to make sure that everyone left with full bellies and big smiles.
Recovery Month – Erik
September is recovery month!
Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people.
Meet Erik and his mini Peter.
Erik is proof that hard work in recovery pays off. He spent a lot of time at Foundation Hou...
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...
Recovery Month – Dawn
September is recovery month!
Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people.
Meet Dawn.
Founder of SheRecovers and an advocate for women in recovery across the globe.
Recovery is possible.
Recipes for Recovery – Practice #3
Today in the Umbrella Kitchen, we ran round three of practicing recipes and timing,
getting ready for the 4 week classes that are starting in September.
It has been a lot of fun for the staff to take a minute away from the work they do and change the pace with chopping,...
Project Re-Connect
Yesterday was Project Re-Connect at Royal Athletic Park.
This annual event put on the by Downtown Service Providers invites service providers to host a table representing their organization and let the community that needs these supports come and learn about the services...
Recipes for Recovery – Outreach class
Umbrella is getting ready for our new cooking program that is starting in September.
For the month of August we are trying out recipes and making sure any issues are addressed prior to the program launch.
Every Friday we have some staff and our board joining our Recipes...
Gulf Islands Driftwood
Check out the great article from the Gulf Islands Driftwood about Umbrella's visit to Salt Spring Island on July 26.
You can read the article here.
Times Colonist Article
"Addiction is a non-discriminatory disease" said Evan James. "It affects the young, and the old, wealthy or poor."
This is a snippet from the article that was in the Times Colonist today, read the whole piece here.
Umbrella is incredibly grateful for the funding from ...
SSI Presentation
Umbrella was invited to Salt Spring Island today to present to the community about what we do and how we help.
We have grown our presence on this island in the past years with our outreach worker one day a week, and most recently with Umbrella partnering with BC Housing ...