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Halloween at our houses

Last night was pumpkin carving at all our recovery houses. It is always a lot of fun for the residents to just socialize and engage with each other and our housing manager, Zack. A big thank you to Umbrella's Angels who provided all the pumpkins for our residents to car...
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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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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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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...
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Pizza, cake and goodbyes

Tonight staff, residents and alumni all piled into the yard at Foundation House to give Erik a proper send off. We had 14 large pizzas, a huge slab ice cream cake and some Erik trivia, which was actually a bit of an Erik roast! Staff shared stories of Erik when he first...
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One year of sobriety!

Last night the guys at Foundation House celebrated Iain and his one year of sobriety. Iain works his recovery program daily and is a leader in the house for the other residents. Recently Iain was selected for the role of senior resident at Foundation House, which is a ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Happy 3 Years Foundation House!

Happy birthday to us! It was 3 years ago today that Umbrella became the proud owners of Foundation House! Although we had been operating the house since 2015, it wasn't until 2020 that the opportunity to purchase the house from the owners presented itself. We were stok...