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Holidays at Albina

Last week Louise took our new HR Manager, Danielle, out for a resource tour day and when they stopped at the Albina housing site we work at, they were overjoyed to see the holiday decorations and festive plans for the residents. Josh and Jeff, our full time Albina staff,...
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Esquimalt Highschool Presentation – Grade 9’s

December 18th we were thrilled to have our first presentation at Esquimalt High School. Rebecca and Evan met with a RAFT class of Grade 9 students. There was lots of engagement and great questions were submitted by students. This was the first of multiple presentations ...
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Holiday Festivities

Our last Umbrella staff social of 2024 was Wednesday and we had a full turnout. There was  yummy food and fun festive games, where people participating had to wear oven mitts, to unwrap a layer of gift paper, after 10 seconds passing to the next person until the prize wa...
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Borderline Personality Disorder Presentation

To end the year we had a a professional development day inviting Borderline Personality Disorder Society of BC to present to our outreach and management teams. We had Bryan (vice president, group facilitator) and Josh (volunteer). They explained what Borderline Personal...
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Women’s Group

We had another fantastic women's group end yesterday. The ladies have created connections and learned new practical skills to use in their recovery. For the last day the group practiced meditation, had some festive treats and created holiday crafts. There were a lot of ...
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Christ Church Cathedral

Today, Sharlene and Evan were invited to be a part of a community conversation at Christ Church Cathedral. Joining other local not for profits, conversations about community need and organizational dreams took place which also led to further discussions and new relations...
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Podcast Season 3/E5 – Barb

In today's episode, Blake sits down with Barb who shares her unique recovery experience. Barb is an example of how addiction can take hold of anyone at any stage of life and how individual one's road to recovery can be. Have a listen to Barb’s story here.  
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Stelly’s Presentation – Grade 12

On Thursday Umbrella presented to Stellys High School grade 12's. The students were very engaged and had great questions for the staff.  A few students stayed back to tell us how much they appreciated our presentation and that were very "brave". There are many more s...
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Island Health Partnership Breakfast

Umbrella was pleased to be invited to Island Health Victoria Partnership Breakfast. There was meaningful conversation had at the table with Mental Health Recovery Partners (Janine and Zoë). Threshold Society (Colin), Luther Court Society (Kevin), Major of Oak Bay (Kevin)...
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SMU Presentations – Grade 10’s

Yesterday Rebecca and Evan presented to Grade 10's at St. Michaels University. Students are continuing to engage, ask questions and reach out to Umbrella services. We couldn't be more thrilled. We have had lots positive feedback from SMU regarding school presentations ...