About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., Allen Chapter is a group of mothers and daughters who have come together in a commitment to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.
Members shall reside in Allen-Lovejoy ISD area. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Allen aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

The NCL Experience inspires and empowers women to succeed as confident, well-rounded and socially aware contributors to their communities.

The value of membership in NCL, Inc. lasts a lifetime — it uniquely draws women and girls together to focus their minds, hearts and talents towards creating positive change in their communities and the nation.  Each Chapter, with the guidance of the National organization, develops its own six-year plan, which includes a variety of age appropriate and meaningful programming opportunities for daughters, called Ticktockers, and mothers, called Patronesses.

Each Ticktocker grade level is organized by elected Ticktocker officers and coached by Patronesses acting as Grade Level Advisors.  The activities designated on the six-year plan are organized for Personal Development (life skills), Leadership Development (professional skills) and Cultural Competency (social skills).

In addition to working closely with daughters and supporting their local communities, all Patronesses hold a Chapter job each year and actively participate as leaders in the operational success of the Chapter.

The Allen Chapter is proud of our partnerships with over one dozen local philanthropic organizations.  Through these partnerships our members contribute over 5,400 hands-on service hours to our local community each year.

Other annual events are the Junior Style Show each fall and a long-standing NCL, Inc. tradition, the Mother~Daughter Tea, each spring.  Also celebrated in spring is Senior Recognition, our signature event.

 

 

 

Our chapter has received the 2020- 2021 Pink Rose Chapter Award,
having completed our annual requirements, and participating in
#GivingTuesday and the national philanthropy program.

 

Join Our Chapter

Interested in joining our chapter?  A Prospective Member must be sponsored by a current member of our chapter.  Membership opportunities are dependent on Chapter openings.

If you know someone in our Chapter, talk to her about getting started, membership obligations and our membership drive timeline.  If you do not know someone in NCL, you are invited to complete this Membership Inquiry Form.

Membership Inquiry Form

For any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us.

Our membership drive begins each Fall for current sixth grade girls and their moms.  

Community Service

Each NCL, Inc. Chapter promotes social awareness by considering the local community’s needs and selecting appropriate non-profit organizations to serve.  Each Chapter then supports its philanthropic service partners through different volunteer activities.

We work with the following philanthropies:

• All Community Outreach (ACO)
• Allen Arts Alliance
• Allen ISD
• Allen Parks & Recreation
• Bed Start
• Belmont at Twin Creeks
• Connemara Conservancy
• Expow
• Feed My Starving Children
• Keep Allen Beautiful
• Meals on Wheels Collin County
• Operation Homefront
• Project Linus
• Special Olympics
• Study Buddies
• The Samaritan Inn

Each NCL, Inc. Chapter promotes social awareness by considering the local community’s needs and selecting appropriate non-profit organizations to serve.  Each Chapter then supports its philanthropic service partners through different volunteer activities.

The Allen chapter works with the following philanthropies:

Leadership Development

Nurturing confidence through opportunities to learn and grow, while also building problem-solving skills through a supportive environment of healthy relationships.

Examples of skills developed include:

• Confidence
• Consensus building
• Team building
• Conflict resolution
• Event planning
• Parliamentary procedure

• President: Elisabeth Burns
• President Elect: Nina Felt
• Secretary: Christina Dlugosch
• Treasurer: Karen Pinkstaff
  Christina Dlugosch
• Parliamentarian: Lisa O’Dowd
• Vice President Communications: Mandy Jezin
• Vice President Membership: Ginny Garland
  Lauren Tough
• Vice President Philanthropy: Michel Ann Coleman
• Vice President Provisionals: Sarah Hull
• Vice President Ticktockers: Angi Wedemeyer
  Alison Gullo
• Sustainer Liaison: Tracy Cummins

The value of membership in National Charity League, Inc. lasts a lifetime.  NCL, Inc. uniquely draws women and girls together to focus their minds, hearts and talents toward creating positive change in their communities and the nation.   With the guidance of the National organization each NCL, Inc. chapter develops its own six-year plan, which includes a variety of age-appropriate and meaningful programming options for daughters — called Ticktockers, as well as for mothers — called Patronesses.

 Each Ticktocker grade level is organized by elected Ticktocker officers and coached Patronesses acting as Grade Level Advisers.  Under this guidance, Ticktockers learn to plan and run their own meetings and grade-level events.  The activities designated on the six-year NCL Experience are designed to communicate NCL, Inc’s three pillars:  Community Service, Leadership Development, and Cultural Experiences.

In addition to working closely with daughters and supporting their local communities, all Patronesses hold a Chapter job each year and actively participate as leaders in the operational success of the Chapter.

 

Cultural Experiences

As future leaders, we continually strive to build stronger ties with our communities and the individuals within them. It is through this understanding that we grow and develop broader worldviews that will shape and support our lives.

Mothers and daughters of each class attend a cultural experience together with a focus on different areas of art, theatre, dance and music.

Each Chapter celebrates the richness of its history through traditions that honor the past. The Mother Daughter Tea is an NCL, Inc. tradition. Today, NCL chapters around the country continue to embrace their long-standing traditions, as well as, create new ones.