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11 Amazing Years

Today marks the 11th anniversary for Sharlene at the Umbrella Society. Umbrella is lucky to be staffed by people who are passionate and committed to their work and their clients. This is in no small part because of our leadership. From her start as an Outreach Worker, th...
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MHSU Awards

Yesterday was the 4th annual MHSU Community Service Awards ceremony. Our ED, Sharlene, is the Chair of that committee and was at on hand to present awards to two amazing community members. This years recipients were Judge Ernie Quantz and Cafe owner Lori Tronko, and the...
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UWGV Overdose Prevention Project

Today was the Overdose Prevention Project that the United Way hosted at The Bay Centre. Blake and Robyn manned the Umbrella table, while milling around learning more about the other great service providers on hand. The big impact was the wall of wooden roses, one for ev...
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We are moving!!

Umbrella is moving!  This is a huge move for us, we have been nestled in Quadra Village Community Centre since ... ever. We've never been anywhere else! QVCC has been so incredibly supportive and amazing to us, but they are growing and we are growing - it is time. Eff...
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Thank you, Echo

Today was Umbrella's last day with the wonderful Echo Kulpas. Echo has spent the last 8 months at Umbrella doing her Masters Degree Practicum. As we all said our goodbyes, it was very obvious the massive impact Echo has had on Umbrella. She has been a gift to our clien...
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Bronwyn & Robyn

How lucky is Umbrella? We have such incredible staff, AND we like each other! Today, Robyn and Bronwyn took a vacation day to spend together exploring our beautiful island. Even in the rain they had a really fun day. Employees that like each other is another reason Um...
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F-House Fun Night

Every so often we like to bring all the housing staff and the residents of Foundation House together for a night of laughs. Tonight we ordered pizza and played "Things in a box" and there was an abundance of laughs. This game was a fun way to get to know each other a bi...
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Connections Place

Today, instead of our typical staff meeting, the Umbrella team headed over to Connections Place to learn more about the great work they are doing in our community. Mike, pictured below with Georgina, the ED of Connections Place, arranged our visit and learning opportunit...
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TJ & Nicole

The test of a good hire is to meet TJ. He is usually anxious and nervous around new people...except Nicole. Nicole, who has been with us for a couple months on the SAMI team, and at Hudson House, had a chance to meet TJ, and it is safe to say TJ gives her two paws up!
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Happy 4th to us!

It was four years ago today that we took over the operations of Foundation House, our first recovery house. We have learned a lot, grown a lot, laughed a lot, cried a lot and helped a lot of people, including our 4-legged residents - Cali, TJ and now Lyca. We are now in...