Sugar Land Jewels

About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., Sugar Land Jewels 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 Sugar Land area. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Sugar Land Jewels aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

The Sugar Land Jewels Chapter is a nonprofit organization which embraces the NCL, Inc.’s mission to foster mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.

Membership in our Chapter is for mothers and daughters in the Sugar Land area that are in 7th – 12th grade.  Our members follow the NCL Experience, the Six Year Core Program designed to further the NCL, Inc. mission through community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.

Currently, the Sugar Land Jewels chapter supports eight Fort Bend County Philanthropies.  Some of the community service areas supported by our Chapter include:  educational organizations, children with special needs, community land beautification and senior citizen outreach organizations.

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.

Thank you for your interest in the National Charity League, Inc., Sugar Land Jewels Chapter.  Our members should reside in or attend school in Sugar Land.

The Membership Drive for the Sugar Land Jewels Chapter is closed.

If you know someone in NCL, talk to her about her Chapter’s boundaries, membership obligations, and membership drive timeline; if you do not know someone in NCL, you are invited to submit an inquiry as well.

For any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers, or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us at virgwaldo@yahoo.com

 

Thank you again for your interest in our NCL, Inc., Sugar Land Jewels Chapter!

 

 For those offered membership on April 1st, please submit the Committee Interest Form.

 

 

 

CHAPTER LEADERS 2023-24

President:

Georgia Smith

President-Elect:

Christal Brown

VP Membership:

Virginia Waldenmaier

VP Philanthropy:

Natalia de Castro 

VP Chapter Engagement & Inclusion:

Lauri Verhalen

VP New Members:

Erika Johnson

VP Ticktockers:

Ashley Lynn

VP Communications:

Sheetal Sashital 

Treasurer:

Rebecca Cox

Secretary:

Kristin Berry

Parliamentarian:

Allison Smith

 

  

 

Mothers and their daughters (grades 7-12) participate in a program that embraces:

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 Heart Association
  • American Red Cross
  • Disaster Response
  • Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center
  • Fort Bend County Women’s Center – Pennywise
  • Fort Bend Seniors
  • Gigi’s Playhouse Sugar Land
  • Hope for Three
  • Keep Sugar Land Beautiful
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Lunches of Love
  • National Day of Service – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – January 15, 2024
  • Nery’s Promise
  • Operation Gratitude
  • Reining Strength
  • Skate Therapy
  • Sugar Land Health Care Center

NCL, Inc.’s chapters promote 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 volunteer service. 

 

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:

  • President: Georgia Smith
  • President Elect: Christal Brown
  • Secretary: Kristin Berry
  • Treasurer: Rebecca Cox
  • Parliamentarian: Allison Smith
  • Vice President Communications: Lauren Cole
    Sheetal Sashital
  • Vice President Membership: Virginia Waldenmaier
  • Vice President Philanthropy: Natalia de Castro
  • Vice President New Members: Erika Johnson
  • Vice President Ticktockers: Ashley Lynn

Through working with our daughters, we strive to empower them to become empathetic, community-minded leaders.  Some of the valuable skills they develop in fulfilling this role includes:  planning and running grade level meetings, event planning, public speaking, cultural appreciation and etiquette.  Most importantly, they build self-confidence by stepping out of their comfort zone through serving others and their community.  The Sugar Land Jewels Chapter strives to instill the values of working together to make our surrounding community a better place to live.

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, our Ticktockers continually strive to build stronger ties with our community and the individuals within it. Through this exposure and understanding, our Ticktockers are able to grow and develop broader worldviews that will shape and support their lives. Our NCL Experience in the Six Year Core Program identifies a specific cultural focus for each grade level to expose Ticktockers to a wide range of cultural experiences (dance, music, art theatre, etc.) during their journey through our program.

Our Chapter History

The Sugar Land Jewels chapter began when nine women gathered over the summer of 2016 to discuss bringing the NCL Experience to Sugar Land.  The founding board continued to gather at Felicia Smith’s home to begin the formal pre-formation process to become an expansion chapter. These founding mothers knew that the city had many wonderful families that were passionate about their community, but they did not know how quickly word would spread that NCL, Inc. was coming to Sugar Land.

Through the hard work and focus of these nine mothers, the National Charity League, Inc. held a formation meeting on February 27, 2017, and welcomed an impressive 95 founding members to the Sugar Land Jewels Chapter.  Today, we have over 250 members and are continuing to grow and support our community.

FOUNDING BOARD

President:  Felicia Smith

VP Membership:  Mandy Boudreaux

VP Patroness Activities:  Deann Moore

VP Ticktockers:  Shelly Stubbs

VP Philanthropy:  Rachel Leaman

VP Communication:  Toni Burns

Treasurer:  Courtney Curtis

Parliamentarian:  Pamela Liedy

Secretary:  Amy Bergman