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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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Spot the Sober Buses Contest

September is Recovery Month in BC and Umbrella is showcasing that recovery is possible in a big way. On our local buses. There are 8 different pictures of local people in recovery advertised on many buses on many routes. Here is the contest. The first person to find a...
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Costco & Guns N Roses

Sharlene is a Costco super fan and has made friends with many of the staff at Costco, and this week Sharlene and Laurie matched with their Guns N Roses t-shirts. Laurie is one of Sharlene's favourite cashiers and with their matching music taste it is no wonder! 
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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...
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Recipes for Recovery – Outreach class

Umbrella is getting ready for our new cooking program that is starting in September. For the month of August we are trying out recipes and making sure any issues are addressed prior to the program launch. Every Friday we have some staff and our board joining our Recipes...
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Happy 5 years Blake!

It was 5 years ago today that Blake joined the Umbrella team. Blake manages many of our programs but his start was in outreach. Blake has since started up our podcasts, oversees new projects and helps get the word of recovery out in the community. Blake doesn't eat...
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Gulf Islands Driftwood

Check out the great article from the Gulf Islands Driftwood about Umbrella's visit to Salt Spring Island on July 26. You can read the article here.   
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Times Colonist Article

"Addiction is a non-discriminatory disease" said Evan James. "It affects the young, and the old, wealthy or poor." This is a snippet from the article that was in the Times Colonist today, read the whole piece here. Umbrella is incredibly grateful for the funding from ...