About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., Southern New Hampshire 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 the Hillsborough, Merrimack, or Rockingham County area. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Southern New Hampshire aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

Our History: Our chapter’s history goes back to August 2012, when Alyse Kanter hosted 10 women in her Bedford, NH home, and we became an official chapter in November 2014. We are the only NCL chapter in NH.

Our Members: We have approximately 170 active members who live in Bedford, Derry, Manchester, Merrimack, and surrounding towns.

Our Chapter Structure: Our mothers join chapter committees, liaison with our philanthropic partners, act as advisors to our daughters, or choose to join our chapter board.  Our daughters, organized by graduating class, also have a role within their class.  We hold both chapter meetings and social events either as a full chapter (mothers and daughters), for mothers only, or class meetings (daughters only).  Our two largest events are the annual Mother-Daughter Tea and the Senior Recognition Event for our graduates.

Our Philanthropic Efforts: We have a wide variety of volunteering opportunities (see list below), so there is something for everyone!  Mothers and daughters volunteer together and create lasting memories.  In addition, each class will have a focus philanthropy each year, so may have additional ‘class-specific’ volunteer events.  Our goal is to promote a sense of community responsibility in our daughters and strengthen our bond while growing together, sharing of ourselves, and improving our community. 

Join Our Chapter

Interested in joining our chapter? Membership opportunities are dependent on chapter openings.

Please complete the Membership Inquiry Form so we can contact you directly. If you know a current chapter member, feel free to reach out to them as well to learn about getting started.

Membership Inquiry Form

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

Membership Drive: January–March 2027

Our membership drive runs from mid-January through March each year. We invite mother-daughter teams with daughters currently in grades 6–8 to join our program, which continues through the senior year of high school.  If you’d like to receive updates or reminders about our application process, please email us at MembershipSouthernNewHampshire@nclonline.org or complete the Membership Inquiry Form.

 

Join us at an upcoming meeting for prospective members!

All meetings are at Bedford Public Library and run from 6:00-8:30pm

Dates:  2027 Dates TBD

 

Applications for New Members:

Applications will be available in mid-January and are due by March 1, 2027. We’d be happy to email you an application!  To learn more about our program, you can also review our most recent Member Information Packet.

Not Yet Eligible?

If your daughter is not currently in grades 6–8 but you’re interested in the program, feel free to email us or sign up to receive a notification when she becomes eligible by clicking here.

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:

• Alzheimer’s Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Animal Rescue League
• Bedford Community Food Pantry
• Bless This Home
• CareGivers
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Families In Transition
• Fueled By Kids
• JDRF
• Mt Carmel Rehab and Nursing Center
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Our Promise to Nicholas (OPTN)
• Project Linus
• Special Olympics

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.

 

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:

The 2025-2026 President: Nicole Philbrick

All 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. These support our chapter activities as well as provide our daughters with the skills that they need to succeed.

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.

As future leaders, we continually strive to build stronger ties with our communities and the individuals within them.  We encourage each class to focus on a different area of the arts each year and attend a live theater or musical production or visit a museum.  These activities expose our daughters to the cultural diversity in our community and instill in them a sense of gratitude and appreciation that makes them better volunteers and community members.

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