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Happy 3 years Nathaniel

What a milestone! Last night Zack and Potter House residents celebrated Nathaniel. Nathaniel reached three years in recovery and all of us at Umbrella  are incredibly proud of Nathaniel. That is three years of Nathaniel investing in himself and prioritizing his recover...
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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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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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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 ...
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So many supplies!

Yesterday, Umbrella had to pick up a pallet of supplies from the hospital and transport them to one of our sites. We didn't realize how much there was until Jake barely fit in the car with all the boxes! Don't worry, safety was in check and he was seat belted in!
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Thank you PECSF!

Provincial Employees are here to help... Umbrella Society is grateful for the ongoing generous support of the Provincial Employees Community Services Fund (PECSF). PECSF is the Province of British Columbia’s unique, employee-driven workplace gi...
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Podcast Season 2/E4 – Dr McGhee

Umbrella is really excited to share our next podcast. Our host Blake changed things up a bit and invited Dr. Doug McGhee to join him in the Umbrella studios. Dr. Doug McGhee, an Addictions Doctor who is a vital piece to the Addictions Medicine Consult Service at both R...
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Halloween at our houses

Last night was pumpkin carving at all our recovery houses. It is always a lot of fun for the residents to just socialize and engage with each other and our housing manager, Zack. A big thank you to Umbrella's Angels who provided all the pumpkins for our residents to car...