Happy 16 years Sharlene

Happy work anniversary to our Executive Director, Sharlene. It was 16 years ago that Sharlene joined Umbrella as an outreach worker and worked her way up to the ED role that she took on in November 2016. Umbrella looked very different back in 2008 but we are grateful f...

Happy Star Wars Day!

May the Fourth be with you all! Today on Star Wars Day, Umbrella is taking advantage of this day and celebrating in a huge way! We made an Ewok cheeseball, Wookie Cookies and Star Wars Cupcakes, plus, we were stocked with Star Wars candy and puns! The light sabres are ...

Lyca Graduates

Yesterday was Lyca's last day as a resident of Foundation House. This sweet girl has moved on to one of our third stage houses, Potter House, with her favourite human James. Lyca has been at Foundation House for years and has done well, but the busyness of the house an...

Administrative Professionals Day

Today is Administrative Professionals Day and Umbrella is excited to celebrate our awesome admin team. Our admin team, Brianna, Bronwyn, Sarah and Shelagh are the foundation of the work we do at Umbrella. They are the first point of contact for everything we do and th...

Potter House Sendoff

Yesterday at the Potter House meeting, the staff and residents said goodbye to Josh. Josh has his own apartment and is moving out this week. We are really excited for Josh and very proud of him, he has worked really hard on his recovery and has been patient, taking adv...

Vital Youth Year End

Last night Sharlene and Evan headed to the Parkside Hotel for the Vital Youth Year End Celebration. Umbrella was grateful to be one of the recipients of $3000 from the youth at St Michaels University School. There are 12 schools involved in this program and each team of...

Community Collaboration

Umbrella loves connecting with our community partners. Yesterday Sharlene and Janine, the new ED of Mental Health Recovery Partners, met for lunch and to celebrate Janine's new role. Umbrella is excited to continue to work closely with MHRP as they grow under Janine's ...

One Year Sober

Last night at the weekly Foundation House meeting the residents from Potter and Foundation House took some time with the staff to celebrate Nick's one year sober! Nick has been such an asset to the house, he has worked hard on his recovery and it shows. We can't wait to...

Cooper House Owners!

Umbrella has been renting Cooper House for several years and recently the owner approached us to see if we would like to purchase the townhouse. We jumped at the chance! We recognize how important all housing is for those in recovery, so we moved a few residents around ...

Pizza & Bowling

Last night Sharlene, Erik and Sarah invited all the the residents from Potter House over to Foundation House for pizza and then everyone headed out for a fun night of bowling. Lots of laughs were had by all and Erik was the high scoring bowler of the night. Can't wait t...