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Friends at Berwick

The amazing residents at Berwick Retirement Community put together a lovely gift basket for our clients to enjoy and also made a generous donation to Umbrella. Linda from Berwick popped into the Umbrella office to deliver the goodies and we were able to get a quick pic ...
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Hope & Pride Beads

This amazing human is Kelsey Burns, and she is incredibly talented. At Soberfest, Kelsey was a vendor that sold home-made bracelets to support the work that Umbrella does. She made 7 and sold 6 and then she came to our office to generously donate the funds she raised. ...
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New FH Addition

Foundation House had this beautiful covered area over the smoking "pit" but we wanted to extend it to cover the barbecue area so that the guys could barbecue all year round AND it would preserve the life of the two barbecues. One of our amazingly talented residents Adam,...
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Soberfest 2024

Saturday, August 3 was the annual Soberfest event in Victoria. Umbrella was thrilled to have a tent/table at the event and chat with all the great folks that came by Soberfest for the fun, music  and sunshine. Louise, Shelagh, Amy and Jeff repping their Umbrella t-shirt...
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Lyca

It has been awhile since we posted pics and provided an update of our Lyca. Lyca is loving her life at Potter House with her favorite human James. During the day Lyca goes to Umbrella office 3 days per week, and goes to her second favorite human Jo's house 2 days per w...
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Harbour Cats

On Wednesday evening, some of the guys from our recovery houses took in ball game. Thanks to tickets from Mayor Alto, our residents watched the Harbour Cats beat the Nanaimo Night Owls while enjoying the sunshine and soaking up the ball park energy. Having fun and doing...
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Coolaid AGM

Yesterday, Sharlene and Evan attended Coolaid's Annual General Meeting. Umbrella is pleased to work with Coolaid in our community and support the great work they do. We are excited about their new strategic plan and their goals for our community.
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Pride 2024

Sunday July 7 was Pride Day in Victoria. Umbrella was so excited to be a part of the parade and festival this year, a first time for us. Being our debut, we went BIG! Big flag, big love balls, big staff presence, big fun! There was also lots of fun and engagement with...
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We will miss you Max

Today, the Umbrella team shared barbecue burgers in honour of Max, who is leaving Umbrella and moving over to Island Health. Tomorrow is Max's last day. Max has been an integral part of the ICMT (Intensive Case Management Team) for well over a year and has had quite an ...
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From an Oiler to a Panther

Today asUmbrella staff gathered for a staff barbecue, we witnessed Edmonton Oilers fan Adriana wear her new Florida Panthers shirt, gifted to her from Jake after her team lost the final hockey game last night. Jake and Adriana had a side bet on the game with the losing s...