Bright Star
About Our Chapter
NCL, Inc., Bright Star 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 or attend school in the area East of Highway 6, West of the 610 Loop, North of the Southwest Freeway and South of Westview. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Bright Star aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.
OUR CHAPTER HISTORY
Formed in August, 2015, and chartered in April, 2017, NCL, Inc., Bright Star Chapter is the 206th NCL, Inc. Chapter to form in the United States. Our Chapter is a group of Texas mothers and daughters in the Houston area East of Highway 6, West of the 610 Loop, North of the Southwest Freeway and South of Westview who have come together committing to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Bright Star aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving their communities together.
ABOUT OUR CHAPTER
NCL, Inc., Bright Star Chapter is a group of Texas mothers and daughters in the Houston area East of Highway 6, West of the 610 Loop, North of the Southwest Freeway and South of Westview who have come together committing to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Bright Star aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving their communities together. We are the 206th NCL, Inc. Chapter to form in the United States.
Schools our daughters attend include: Briarwood School, Duchesne Academy, Episcopal High School, Grace School, Houston Christian High School, John Paul II, Kinkaid School, Memorial Middle School, Memorial High School, Spring Branch Middle School, St. Agnes Academy, St. Cecilia Catholic School, St. Francis Episcopal School, Stratford High School, Village School.
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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.
For any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us.
Join Our Chapter
Mothers and their daughters (grades 7-12) participate in a program that embraces:
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:
- Addi’s Faith Foundation
- AIM Ministries
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Heart Association
- Bayou City Blessings (in a Backpack)
- Books Between Kids
- Candlelighters
- Emergency Aid Coalition
- Fisher House
- Flower Power Gives
- Giving Tuesday
- Gracewood
- Houston Food Bank
- Houston Pets Alive
- Hurricane Harvey Relief
- Kids’ Meals
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- NCL National Philanthropy Initiative
- Operation Gratitude
- Philanthropy Fair
- Project C.U.R.E
- Stand Up For Kids
- Star of Hope Mission
- Texas Relief Warriors
- The Center For Hearing and Speech
- The Kindness Campaign (TKC)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
NCL, Inc. Bright Star Chapter has been supporting its philanthropic service partners through different volunteer activities for over four years. Following is a list of current Philanthropic Partners.
Addi’s Faith Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association
Blessings in a Backpack
Books Between Kids
Candlelighters
Center for Hearing & Speech
Disaster Relief
Emergency Aid Coalition
Fisher House
Flower Power Gives
Gracewood
Houston Food Bank
Houston Pets Alive
Kids Meals Houston
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Project C.U.R.E
Stand Up for Kids
Star of Hope Mission
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: Jody Simpson
- President Elect: Kara Marshall
- Secretary: ANGELA PASCHALL
- Treasurer: Liliane Maakaron
- Parliamentarian: Christine Dunn
- Vice President Communications: Jennifer Taylor
- Vice President Membership: Katie Moses
Laura Price - Vice President Patroness Activities: Jill Terrell
- Vice President Philanthropy: Analitza Factor
- Vice President Provisionals: Paige Gill
- Vice President Ticktockers: Amber Mackel
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Bright Star Members have opportunities to engage in experiences that build essential skills, such as confidence, consensus and team building, event planning, conflict resolution and parliamentary procedure. Leadership activities of our Chapter include:
National Conference
Spring/Fall District Training
Ticktocker Office Training
Bight Size Training Online
Ongoing Mentorship of Ticktocker/Patroness Partners
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.
CULTURAL EXPERIENCES
As future leaders, NCL, Inc. Bright Star members 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. We celebrate our history through traditions that honor the past while serving the future.