About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., Guilford Swallowtails 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 Guilford County area. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Guilford Swallowtails aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

NCL, Inc., Guilford Swallowtails 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 Guilford County area. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Guilford Swallowtails aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

 

OUR CHAPTER HISTORY

When Michelle Bradley moved to Greensboro, NC, she was excited to transfer her National Charity League membership to a local chapter. She belonged to an NCL, Inc. Chapter in her hometown and grew to love the camaraderie with other mothers and special moments with her daughter.

On March 15, 2020, twenty-seven women and their daughters, grades seven through eleven formed the Guilford Swallowtail Chapter.  The Guilford Swallowtail Chapter is named after the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, the state butterfly of North Carolina.  To the Patronesses and Ticktockers, the butterfly symbolizes endurance, change, hope and life.  These are the qualities NCL, Inc. women of all ages cherish and want to embody. 

With the butterfly spirit in mind, the Patronesses and Ticktockers endeavor to transform their community through compassion, kindness, and leadership. In our first year the Guilford Swallowtail Chapter members served through COVID-19 disaster relief options and partnered with four local charities. Our philanthropic service list continues to grow every year, with an emphasis on smaller community partners who need hands-on help.  Our Patronesses and Ticktockers are fully engaged in leadership opportunities and enjoying giving back to their community authentically.

The chapter held its Kick-off Meeting virtually on May 31, 2020. Our chapter will be forever grateful to the twenty-seven founding Patronesses and their Ticktockers who met in early 2020 to learn about NCL, Inc.. Each of them, having never heard of National Charity League, took a leap of faith to form the chapter in March of 2020.  They felt the calling to create change and bring hope to their community. 

Thankfully, our second year has provided a number of virtual and in-person opportunities for meetings and volunteering. We’re excited to grow our chapter more for the 2022-23 service year and look forward to meeting you and your daughter in the near future. 

Join Our Chapter

Interested in joining 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.

Membership is open for mothers with daughters who will be graduating high school in the Spring of 2023 through 2028. 

View this year’s Prospective Member Packet: Click Here 

Please email us at membershipguilfordswallowtails@nclonline.org for more information.

 

 

Community Service

We understand and serve communities in partnership with local and national nonprofits. Each NCL, Inc. chapter promotes social awareness by considering the local community’s needs and selecting appropriate non-profit organizations to support through different volunteer activities.

We work with the following philanthropies:

Leadership Development

We build capable, courageous leaders through opportunities to learn, reflect and develop. Our leaders become successful in their education, career and communities by learning the necessary skills during their NCL experience.

Examples of skills developed include:

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

Our Chapter Board of Directors:

Cultural Experiences

We preserve National Charity League traditions and core values, while appreciating the growth that comes from connecting with different communities and cultures. 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.

• Traditions – We celebrate the richness of our history through traditions that honor the past while serving the future.
• Values – We embrace values that make us strong as an organization of mother-daughter leaders.
• Community Connections – We build connections through experiences that impact our communities.
• Etiquette – We encourage and mentor kind, respectful and gracious social conduct.