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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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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,...
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Design Build Services

When we heard from Design Build Services that they wanted to sponsor the upcoming Boston Bruins Alumni Charity Hockey Game, we were thrilled. Established in 2010, Design Build Services develop for the community in which they live. Fostering homes and communities that ar...
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Victoria Royals 2019/20

Sharlene and Bronwyn picked up the Royals season tickets tonight. Every year, the Umbrella Society provides hockey tickets to our supportive recovery housing residents. They are all excited to cheer on the Royals and and get out on the town with fellow residents in recov...
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20 days and counting…

The pucks have arrived!! We are 20 days away from our Big Bad Bruins Alumni Charity Hockey game! The VIP tickets are almost gone, with a good selection of regular tickets still available. We have some big Bruin names coming out to take on our local firefighters. There...
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TJ and Lyca meet!

  Today we had to take some stuff over to Cooper House and thought it would be fun to bring Lyca over to meet TJ. Lyca was sniffing the house like crazy but couldn't find TJ right away. She headed upstairs and found TJ sleeping on his persons bed and initially TJ was...
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SMART Recovery

Umbrella is excited to announce that we are hosting a weekly SMART recovery meeting at our office starting Wednesday, August 21 at 12noon to 1:30. This drop in recovery support group is welcome to all and is facilitated by Lesley and Adrian. Lesley has been faciliating ...
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Thank you United Way!

How lucky are we? Rachel from the United Way called us today about tickets for the Harbour Cats game tonight, and offered them to Umbrella. It took a quick call to Cooper House and Foundation House to have them all spoken for. The guys are all very excited to attend an...
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Lyca’s holiday

Lyca is having a vacation away from Foundation House this week. Bronwyn took Lyca to Gabriola Island to hang out with Walter and some kids. Reports are that Lyca is having a great time, has checked out the area pretty thoroughly and has chased all the balls that have be...