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.

Membership Inquiry Form

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

Join Our Chapter

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 Family 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
  Kara Marshall
• President Elect: Tamara Spence
• Secretary: Patricia Boersma
• Treasurer: Kelli Tonn
• Parliamentarian: Connie Jones
• Vice President Communications: Jennifer Huenemeier
• Vice President Membership: Katie Moses
  Maria Rinehart
• Vice President Patroness Activities: Giovanni Lewis
  Melissa Estrada
• Vice President Philanthropy: Analitza Factor
• Vice President Provisionals: Kristy Bellows
• Vice President Ticktockers: Jennifer Taylor

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.