Meet the Team

Nicole Vanderpol - Director

Years Working at WCCC: 10

Favourite Part of Your Job: Spending time with the kids.

Hobbies/Interests: Video Games, Reading, Puzzles,

Favourite Snack: Dutch Crunch Salt and Vinegar chips, hot chocolate, cheese and crackers

Pets: 2 cats

Cody Coulombe - Assistant Director

Years Working at WCCC: July of 2025

Favourite Part of Your Job: Connecting with the children and families.

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Quadding, Snowmobiling, and camping.

Favourite Snack: Ice Cream

Children: Emily, Riley and Parker

Pets: 2 dogs and 7 cats

Dream Vacation: I love going to the Dominican!

April Bickford- Preschool and Pre-K Supervisor

Tracy Vandermeulen - Infant and Toddler Supervisor

Kennedy Bergsma - Infant Room

Lyndsy McFarlane - Infant Room

Years Working at WCCC: 4

Favourite Part of Your Job: Watching the kids grow and learn new skills

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, hiking and spending time with my son

Favourite Snacks: Veggies and dip

Pets and Kids: One dog named Chloe and a little boy named Emmett

Favourite Fictional Character: Eeyore and tigger

Dream Vacation: PEI and Italy

Shannon Letkeman- Toddler Room

Braileen Lambkin - Preschool Room

Years Working at WCCC: 8

Favourite Part of Your Job: Observing the children while they experiment, build, and create their own games and activities

Hobbies/Interests: Painting, watching movies/tv, light gardening, going for walks

Favourite Snacks: Sweet: Twizzlers, Salty: Dorito's

Favourite Fictional Character: Frankie from Grace and Frankie, Claire Frasier from Outlander

Dream Vacation: Italy

Ashley Hudson- Toddler Room

Karen Jimenez - Toddler Room

Years Working at WCCC: Almost 4

Favourite Part of Your Job: Making connections with the children and getting to watch them thrive as they are growing up!

Hobbies/Interests: Watching Hockey, playing video games & reading books!

Favourite Snacks: Fries & gravy!

Pets: 7 year old blue heeler/golden retriever named Oakley!

Favourite Fictional Character: Shrek

Dream Vacation: Thailand

Brooklyn Measor - School Age Supervisor

Ana Liza Saunders - Preschool

Years Working at WCCC: 3

Favourite Part of Your Job: Enjoying my day and playing with childrens

Hobbies/Interests: Walking and cooking

Favourite Snacks: Peanuts

Favourite Fictional Character: Barbie

Dream Vacation: Japan

Years Working at WCCC: 3

Favourite Part of Your Job: Seeing the kids on all different levels of using their imagination.

Hobbies/Interests: Camping, reading, gardening, cooking

Favourite Snacks: Hawkins cheesies

Kids: Carly(Cody), Ryan(Shay)

Favourite Fictional Character: The Grinch

Dream Vacation: Going back to Hawaii

Bonnie Owen - Pre-K Room

Evelyn Blanco - Toddler Room

Savannah Gansekoele - School Age & Preschool

Manjot Kaur - Preschool

Years Working at WCCC: Started May 2025

Favourite Part of Your Job: I love spending time with the children, especially playing, reading stories, and doing fun activities together.

Hobbies/Interests: Painting, watching movies, and doing crafts

Favourite Snacks: Brownies and chips

Favourite Fictional Character: Punjabi actress

Dream Vacation: Disney

Lynne Knaggs - Kitchen

Kara Scott - School Age

Years Working at WCCC: 17

Favourite Part of Your Job: Talking with children. They have a unique and refreshing outlook on the world around them.

Hobbies/Interests: Baking, cooking, and gardening

Favourite Snacks: chips & dip

Pets & Kids: 2 sons (Damien, Knox), 2 step daughters (Jillian, Sophia), 2 cats, 1 dog, and chickens

Favourite Fictional Character: Sally ( Nightmare Before Christmas)

Dream Vacation: Scotland

Anika Bergsma- School Age & Preschool

Years Working at WCCC: 15

Favourite Part of Your Job: Watching the kids grow.

Hobbies/Interests: Playing/watching sports, coaching, video games, and camping

Favourite Snack: Cookies

Kids: I have 2 kids Easton and Keira

Favourite Fictional Character: Legolas

Dream Vacation: Any Cruise

Years Working at WCCC: 12

Favourite Part of Your Job: Each day is a new adventure! I admire the children’s curiosity and energy and love seeing them learn and grow! So many smiles and laughs every day!

Hobbies/Interests: Nature photography, hiking

Favourite Snack: Chocolate, popcorn

Favourite Fictional Character: Super Mario

Dream Vacation: I’d love to visit Ireland!

Years Working at WCCC: 10

Favourite Part of Your Job: Showing up each day to the smiles of the children happy to see me. I get to teach them to be confident, happy, independent, and able bodied little beings.

Hobbies/Interests: Photography, running, cooking/baking, reading

Favourite Snack: All the snacks…

Kids: 18 year old son, 11 & 7 year old daughters

Favourite Fictional Character: Elizabeth Bennet of ‘Pride & Prejudice’

Dream Vacation: Anywhere I haven’t been as I love exploring new places, but Cocoa Beach Florida is one of my favorites so far.

Years Working at WCCC: 1

Favourite Part of Your Job: Seeing kids laugh/happy

Hobbies/Interests: Being outdoors, sports

Favourite Snack: Anything sweet

Favourite Fictional Character: Mushu (from Mulan)

Dream Vacation: Bora Bora

Years Working at WCCC: 2

Favourite Part of Your Job: Interacting (all activities) with kids

Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, hiking, reading, cooking

Favourite Snacks: Pastries

Kids: One son

Favourite Fictional Character: Benjamin Button

Dream Vacation: Hiking in the heart of the Swiss Alps

Years Working at WCCC: 2

Favourite Part of Your Job: Laughing with the children (there's never a dull moment!) and how I learn something new each day, the children's curiosity sparks many learning opportunities for us all.

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Camping, Photography

Favourite Snacks: Ketchup Chips, Kit-Kat Bar

Pet: Golden Retriever Lab named Hudson

Favourite Fictional Character: Rachel Green (FRIENDS) or Rhysand (ACOTAR)

Dream Vacation: Scotland & Hawaii

Years Working at WCCC: 19

Favourite Part of Your Job: Being with the children.

Hobbies/Interests: gardening, landscaping

Favourite Snacks: Just about anything

Favourite Fictional Character: Chipmunks

Brittany Shier-On Maternity Leave

Agatha Martens - Preschool Room

Kyra Taylor - Volunteer Toddler Room

Favourite Part of Your Job: The kids

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, movies, crocheting, diamond paint, writing, coloring

Favourite Snacks: Chips, popcorn, Hershey dark chocolate, candies

Favourite Fictional Character: Hermonie (Harry Potter), Anne of Green Gables

Dream Vacation: Florida, London, California, Arizona

Years Working at WCCC: 1

Favourite Part of Your Job: Listening to the funny stories and jokes that the kids tell.

Hobbies/Interests: baking, reading, gardening

Favourite Snacks: chocolate, cake, yogurt covered raisins

Pets and Kids: 1 dog, 2 cats, 3 kids (Laseck, Beck, & Tierney)

Favourite Fictional Character: Strawberry Shortcake & Holley Hobbee

Dream Vacation: Driving out to the mountains with family

Years Working at WCCC: 12

Favourite Part of Your Job: I love watching the children become their own person. I love the bonds that I make with them and their parents and the staff I work with.

Hobbies/Interests: Fishing

Favourite Snacks: Chips

Pets and Kids: 4 kids , 2 cats and 1 dog

Dream Vacation: Mexico