Theresa Mengerink, Aquatics Director

Years at Van Wert YMCA: 21 (1.5 as Director, January 2007)

Job Description: I am in charge of the pool schedule and all aquatic prgrams at the pool and Camp Clay.

1) What do you enjoy most about working at the YMCA? Getting to know all the wonderful youth in our community

2) What is your goal at the Y each day? To deliver quality aquatic programing

3) What is your favorite Y activity? Swimming and watching my children play dodgeball

4) What is your favorite Y memory? Watching my children play Youth Sports

5) Do you participate in any Y classes or sports?  If so, which one(s)? Lap swimming and being a Youth Sports mom

6) Were you ever in a Y youth sport? South Side Toledo YMCA Arts and Craft, Summer Youth Field Trips, swimming - Lap swimming at the Royal Oak Michigan YMCA

7) What is your least favorite thing to do at the YMCA? Clean

8) What is your favorite thing to do when not working? Teach Social Studies at Vantage Career Center

9) What is your favorite Bible verse? My little children, let us not love in word, niether in tongue; but in deed and in truth.  1 John 3:18

10) Who is your favorite superhero? Wonder Woman

11) What is your favorite movie? Princess Bride

12) What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving and Christmas

13) What time do you get up in the morning? When I wake up

14) What is your favorite pet? Black Lab What is its name? Zip

15) What kind of car would you like to drive? VW Bug - red

16) What is your favorite restaurant? Any good Mexican or Greek

17) What is your favorite kind of ice cream? Mint chocolate chip

18) What do you enjoy most about spring? watching everything come back to life after the long winter