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Recovery Month – Eileen

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Eileen. Eileen worked hard for her recovery and completed the Mental Health and Addictions program at Camosun Colleg...
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Lunch with Angels

Today, Sharlene & Rebecca joined the amazing Angels for lunch. Also in attendance was Lisa and Taylor from Her Way Home. The Angels do so much for Umbrella, Her Way Home and they make a huge difference in our community. At Umbrella, the Angels fund our Women's Recovery...
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Recovery Month – Stephanie

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Stephanie. Stephanie lives her life in gratitude and celebrates the abundance of gifts recovery continues to bring i...
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Community Partners

Umbrella loves to collaborate with community partners. Today, Sharlene and Evan met with Julian, Cheryl and Leah from Our Place to discuss future recovery projects. Lots of great ideas were floated and a plan was put in place. We are excited to see what transpires!
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Staff BBQ

Today Umbrella hosted an end of summer barbecue for the staff. The rain started but held off for the food and fun. Blake manned the barbecue to make sure that everyone left with full bellies and big smiles.
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Recovery Month – Erik

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Erik and his mini Peter. Erik is proof that hard work in recovery pays off. He spent a lot of time at Foundation Hou...
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Recipes for Recovery – Last Practice

Today was the final run through of new recipes and we included our ED and Board today. Today board members Valerie, Cyndi, Wendy and Nancy and ED Sharlene joined Nic as he helped make three delicious vegan meals. Everyone had a ton of fun than everyone sat down and tri...
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Recovery Month – Dawn

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Dawn. Founder of SheRecovers and an advocate for women in recovery across the globe. Recovery is possible.
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Recipes for Recovery – Practice #3

Today in the Umbrella Kitchen, we ran round three of practicing recipes and timing, getting ready for the 4 week classes that are starting in September. It has been a lot of fun for the staff to take a minute away from the work they do and change the pace with chopping,...
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Project Re-Connect

Yesterday was Project Re-Connect at Royal Athletic Park. This annual event put on the by Downtown Service Providers invites service providers to host a table representing their organization and let the community that needs these supports come and learn about the services...