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Christmas Party 2023

Last night was Umbrella's annual Christmas party. Well, it was more of a dinner, we aren't really partiers! Our emcee Blake faced his arch nemesis "the only works half  the time microphone" but nailed the emcee duties as always. Santa made an appearance, he had thinned...
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Podcast Season 2/E6 – Eileen

  In this episode, Blake speaks with Eileen as she shares her story about growing up with addiction in her family and how it shaped her substance use challenges. Eileen's story is one of resiliency, self-discovery and transformation. Listen to Eileen's powerful story h...
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Dinner on a Dime

The costs of living have become extremely hard to manage for much of our community; these everyday challenges are typically experienced much more severely at supportive housing sites across the region. In response to these pressures, Umbrella Society’s Sean and Josh felt...
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BCNPHA Conference

Umbrella Society Recovery Housing Manager Zack recently attended BC Non-Profit Housing Association’s (BCNPHA) Housing Central Conference in Vancouver BC. This annual Housing Central Conference, delivered in partnership with the Aboriginal Housing Management Association a...
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Issues of Substance Conference

Last week Umbrella was pleased to be represented at the Issues of Substance conference in Vancouver by Evan, Rebecca, Lance and Logan. The Issues of Substance conference brings together diverse partners to share experiences with substance use, new research, best practice...
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We are 23!!!

It was November 20, 2023 when Umbrella was founded. Starting with our outreach program, it was one person in recovery helping another person with their own recovery journey. Today, Umbrella has grown and we support thousands of people per year through a number of progra...
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What a night!

Last night there was an reception for Premiere Eby and Umbrella was invited to attend. Typically Sharlene and Evan attend these events, but Sharlene was in Fort St John visiting her daughter and asked Rebecca to join Evan. Rebecca nailed it! Some of our favourite people...
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Podcast Season 2/E5 – Dawn

In today’s episode, Blake sits down with Dawn, the co-founder of She Recovers Foundation, a nonprofit grassroots movement helping women seeking recovery from substance use disorders, mental health challenges and other life challenges. Dawn shares her inspiring personal s...
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F*cking washcloths

These are special F$CK'n washcloths... Inspired during a long weekend trail run (as one typically is), Jen Harrison and Silvia Fehr were struck with a bold and somewhat non-conventional fundraising idea. "Let's knit and sell washcloths with...
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Sovereign Order of St John

Yesterday Umbrella was grateful to receive a generous check to help fund our popular Recipes for Recovery program. The Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller does amazing work in our community, and has for the past 1000 years! Incredible! Mary and ...