Little Spruce Daycare Association

Cheers to all the strong women in our lives 💪🏽

STRONG WOMEN
💜 May we know them
💜 May we be them
💜 May we support them
💜 May we raise them

Hopefully today you took a second to celebrate the amazing women in your life!

Thank you .fitness for the words of wisdom 👏🏾

We asked and you voted! 👏🏾

In your ideal daycare facility, which location works best for your family?

Here are the most popular choices
✅ YK North/Central
✅ Range Lake
✅ YK South
✅ Frame Lake
✅ Other

As we apply for funding and search for locations/buildings/land, we will take your votes into consideration!

Just an FYI - unfortunately the city’s zoning laws will not allow for us to open a daycare in Kam Lake. This area will be off limits for the foreseeable future 😑

Want to have a say? Take a minute to complete our survey - like in the bio ☝🏽

Who designed our logo?

🙌🏾 STEPHANIE 🙌🏾

She is a design genius. We gave her a vague description of what we were looking for, and she surpassed all of our expectations.

The coolest part, she did it all for FREE! She donated her time to our nonprofit association and created us an amazing logo - and more.

💛 Stephanie is our first official donor 💛

What do you think of our logo? Tell Stephanie how great she did!

Thank 👏🏾 You 👏🏾 Yellowknife 👏🏾

We have 13 letters of support, and 75+ survey responses!

We appreciate your support so much! 💚

It might take us forever to get this new daycare open, but we are working away!
Here’s what we’re working on:
✅ Submitting grants
✅ Working with lawyers
✅ Searching for a location
✅ Organizing banking business
✅ Learning from people who know what they’re doing

Stay tuned for more updates!

Meet Sarah 👋🏾👋🏼 Our Board Secretary!

Sarah loves a to-do list and helps to keep track of all the things our Association needs to get done. She takes meeting notes - so y’all can read them later 😅 - and she manages much of our social media!

Quick facts about Sarah
❄️ Born and raised in Ontario
❄️ Studied at Western University
❄️ Completed her Masters in Early Childhood Development
❄️ Program Support Teacher in Yellowknife
❄️ Passion for Social Emotional Learning
❄️ Loves walking, being outside, and coffee
❄️ New mom to Bruce

Meet Shelby 👋🏾👋🏼 Our Board Treasurer!

Shelby is always ready to get down to business and find solutions. She has a wealth of
Yellowknife knowledge, and she keeps us positive and optimistic!

Quick facts about Shelby
🌼 Born and raised in the North
🌼 Studied at UofA
🌼 Middle school teacher in Yellowknife
🌼 Loves being on the land
🌼 Enjoys a cozy cabin
🌼 Loves to craft and create
🌼 Dog mom to Archie

Meet Courtney 👋🏾👋🏼 Our Board Director!

Courtney is our Human Resources queen 👑! She’s always looking out for us and she solidified our business as a nonprofit entity!

Quick Facts about Courtney
🪴Indigenous Northerner
🪴Born and raised in Yellowknife
🪴Passionate about all things North
🪴 Studied at Vancouver Island University
🪴New mom to Wyatt!

Meet Casey 👋🏾👋🏼 Our Vice President

Casey keeps us on our toes and keeps us laughing! She’s working to find us land or a new building, and make sure we’re covered through insurance 🙉!

Quick facts about Casey
⭐️ Born and raised in Yellowknife
⭐️ Loves her cabin and all things Northern
⭐️ Studied at University of Lethbridge
⭐️ Montessori trained
⭐️ Self-regulation trained
⭐️ Elementary school teacher in Yellowknife
⭐️ Mom to Nash and Rita!

Meet Madison 👋🏼 Our President

She is relentless in her ability to get things done! She keeps us on track, and ensures we keep moving forward in our development process!

Quick facts about Madison
☀️Born and raised in Yellowknife
☀️Studied at UofA
☀️Montessori and American Sign Language trained
☀️Elementary school teacher in Yellowknife
☀️New mom to Eladie!

Want to support Little Spruce Daycare? 🤗

As a nonprofit business, we are applying for grants left, right, and center! Many of our grants require letters of support. This is where you come in!

If you think that adding an additional daycare facility to Yellowknife would be beneficial, please write us a letter of support.

Here’s how:
✔️Address your letter “To whom it may concern,”
✔️Explain why you think Yellowknife needs a new daycare facility
✔️Explain why you support the development of Little Spruce Daycare
✔️Sign your name
✔️Save as a PDF
✔️Email your letter to [email protected]

Cross your fingers that we get approval on many, many grants. We need all of the support that we can get!

Meet the Little Spruce team 👋🏼👋🏾

We are a group of educators, mothers, and Yellowknifers! We make up the Little Spruce Board of Directors.

We have all collectively struggled to find daycare, unexpectedly lost our daycare spots, or witnessed friends and family struggle to find reliable daycare options.

We decided to try to create a solution for families who are struggling just like us!

Stay tuned for more information on each Little Spruce Board of Directors member.

🤎Madison • President
🤎Casey • Vice President
🤎Courtney •Director
🤎Shelby • Treasurer
🤎Sarah • Secretary