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Road Trip!

Today Sharlene and Evan headed to Campbell River to present to Island Health's Board of Directors about recovery houses. It was a long drive, but totally worth the view and the opportunity to present about our housing model. Grateful!
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Tossing axes around

Today the Umbrella team (minus Angela and Bruce) headed to the Axe and Grind for some stress relief, team fun and a lot of laughs. We spent the afternoon tossing around axes taking a moment from the busyness of our usual day. A great time was had by all! Thanks to th...
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Check out TJ!

This happy pup just had his follow up shots and check up at Broadmead Vet today. Dr Wilson was pretty darn impressed with TJ! Since moving from Foundation House to Cooper House he has gained 7 pounds, and is weighing in at a solid 61 pounds!! TJ is happy, healthy and f...
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Game Night

Tonight is the sold out Victoria Royals Fan Appreciation game night at Save-On Foods Memorial Arena. Umbrella is hosting the Chuck-A-Puck, continuing to raise funds to purchase the recovery house we currently rent. Come out and support the Royals and Umbrella and if you...
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Louise is back!

Yesterday Umbrella welcomed Louise back to RAAC with flowers and hugs. Louise was instrumental in the start up at RAAC and last year took a position at the Supervised Consumption Site. Although Louise stayed on as a casual with Umbrella, we missed her terribly. When a p...
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Lyca

The best part of having dogs in our recovery houses is that the staff can sneak them away for walks and love. Today Bronwyn took Lyca for a walk and to the water, and she clearly enjoyed the view. We love our house dogs!
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Susan retires

Today was the final day of work for the amazing Susan Ward. Susan who has been a nurse for 50 years, with 30 of them in Withdrawal Management has touched so many people's lives. Today, her coworkers at Detox had a lovely tea for her and Evan, Sharlene, Lesley, Mike and ...
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And the total is…

Although we are waiting on a couple of final numbers, it is safe to say that the charity hockey game fundraiser, the very first fundraiser ever for Umbrella, was a massive success! Early numbers indicate we raised $35,000!!!     A HUGE thank you to Captain Brian...
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Hockey photos

Premiere John Horgan dropping the ceremonial puck for Mike Weaver from the Canadiens and Captain Brian Bell from Langford Fire Department. Sunday was a great day at The Q Centre. Mike and Mike from M2 Photography captured some great shots from the game, and shared a f...
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Charity Hockey Game

What a day! What a game! What an amazing first fundraiser for Umbrella. Umbrella is just blown away by the charity hockey game yesterday. The snow held off, the game was fun and the mascots were a hit! We cannot thank the Canadiens Alumni enough for coming to Victori...