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Recovery Month – Stefanie

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Stefanie. Stef is an amazing employee working with Umbrella. She is a strong believer in recovery and walks the walk...
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Recovery Month – Matt

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Matt. Matt was an employee of Umbrella for a couple of years working within multiple programs. He left Umbrella earl...
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Recovery Month – Trevor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people Meet Trevor. Trevor is currently the General Manager at HeroWorks in Victoria and he is passionate about recovery, our co...
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Recovery Month – Kristin

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Kristin. Kristin and her husband own Banyan Construction and Kristin is also a scientist. She holds a B Sc from UVI...
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Recovery Month – Conor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Conor. Conor was a previous Umbrella employee who worked in programs like the ER and in our AMCS program at VGH, Out...
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United Way Kickoff

Today at Centennial Square was the annual United Way kickoff. Umbrella was pleased to be among the many service providers around the square engaging with the community and each other. Manning the Umbrella table were Sharlene, Evan and our new Fund Developer Terri (didn'...
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Healing yard at F-House

Umbrella was so excited to receive a Community Wellness Grant to upgrade the backyard at Foundation House. This generous grant allowed us to hire Koi Dragon Landscaping and have them turn what was a boring, uninspiring yard into an oasis of healing and sanctuary. The re...
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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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Happy One Year Nic!

Today is a big day for our Recipes for Recovery leader Nic. He is one year sober. This is a huge milestone and deserved to be celebrated with cupcakes, cards and all the attention ! We are super proud of him and all the amazing work he is doing in Umbrella's newest coo...