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A Heartfelt Thank You to St. Michael’s University School

On behalf of everyone at the Umbrella Society, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Mr. Primrose, Mr. Anderson, and the entire SMUS community for their incredible support through the Ice Bucket Challenge! This fun and impactful event has not only raised aware...
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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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Youth & Philanthropy Initiative

Aevin and Anina, grade 10 students from Stellys Secondary School were part of their school's Youth Philanthropy Initiative. Part of the YPI is to select a non-profit organization then research and interview a staff member about that org. Aevin and Anina met with Evan an...
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F*cking washcloths

These are special F$CK'n washcloths... Inspired during a long weekend trail run (as one typically is), Jen Harrison and Silvia Fehr were struck with a bold and somewhat non-conventional fundraising idea. "Let's knit and sell washcloths with...
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Marathon for Umbrella

Fundraiser by Nadeige Levesque This summer I've been training to run the Royal Victoria Marathon. I'm dedicating my 42km to all the beautiful people who have lost their lives or who are currently struggling with mental health and the commonly co-occurring sub...
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Vital Youth & Evan

Umbrella was pleased to have been a recipient of the Vital Youth grant, funded by the Victoria Foundation and awarded by youth throughout high schools in Victoria. Evan joined the youth at St. Michaels as they shared their experience with the Vital Youth program and ho...
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Discovery Treats

What a treat! Today, Brittany from Discovery Coffee came by for a meeting and brought the most incredible coffee and donuts. We were already excited to get to know this local business better and now we can't wait for the next meeting. We were also excited to learn the Yon...
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What an honour!

What a huge honour! Every year the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI Canada) invites youth in select high schools to research and present on a charity. Each year we are interviewed by keen high school students looking to present to their class on Umbrella. This ye...
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Forge – 2500 for $2500 Fundraiser

The Forge Training has been such incredible supporter of Umbrella and they are doing it again! This Saturday, they are challenging the community to help them reach (or exceed!) their goal of 2500 burpees to raise $2500 for Umbrella. Check out this recent news story ab...