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Community Collaboration

Umbrella loves connecting with our community partners. Yesterday Sharlene and Janine, the new ED of Mental Health Recovery Partners, met for lunch and to celebrate Janine's new role. Umbrella is excited to continue to work closely with MHRP as they grow under Janine's ...
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One Year Sober

Last night at the weekly Foundation House meeting the residents from Potter and Foundation House took some time with the staff to celebrate Nick's one year sober! Nick has been such an asset to the house, he has worked hard on his recovery and it shows. We can't wait to...
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Cooper House Owners!

Umbrella has been renting Cooper House for several years and recently the owner approached us to see if we would like to purchase the townhouse. We jumped at the chance! We recognize how important all housing is for those in recovery, so we moved a few residents around ...
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Pizza & Bowling

Last night Sharlene, Erik and Sarah invited all the the residents from Potter House over to Foundation House for pizza and then everyone headed out for a fun night of bowling. Lots of laughs were had by all and Erik was the high scoring bowler of the night. Can't wait t...
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Art at Tillicum

Last week, Robin and Matt over at Tillicum gather some residents together to work on some spray paint art. With a goal of working towards a residents created mural, they started small with art pieces and furniture painting. Art is always a great way to foster conversatio...
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Pi Day

It's PI day! At Umbrella PI day means PIE day and Bronwyn takes this day very seriously. As you can see from the photos Bronwyn was baking up a storm in preparation for the big day. The pies for the day include a Fresh Berry pie, and two vegan pies: Apple and Mediterra...
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Hot Sauce Social

Last week Umbrella had an awesome time at our staff social. With a hot sauce challenge included for good measure, it was quickly dubbed the Hot Sauce Social. A surprising number of staff members were up for the challenge and quite a few even suffered their way through all...
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Dream it, Be it

Today Rebecca had a great time chatting with students at the Dream It, Be It event hosted by Soroptimist International of Victoria Westshore. The event was a great opportunity to showcase opportunities and careers for young women and gender non conforming individuals be...
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Recovery Capital Conference

Last week Jake and Blake were off to chilly Calgary to attend the Recovery Capital Conference. This conference focused on recovery oriented systems that build recovery capital and the province wide change that has been coined "The Alberta model". There was so much learn...
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Chamber Lunch

Sharlene and Evan were fortunate to attend to The Chamber lunch at the Hotel Grand Pacific where the guest speaker was the Minister of Finance Honorable Katrine Conroy. She spoke about budget 2023 in depth and fielded some questions from others. Umbrella was pleasantly...