The Magnolias

About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., The Magnolias 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 South Montgomery County, Texas. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, The Magnolias aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

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.

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:

  • ALS Association Texas Chapter
  • American Heart Association
  • Canopy – Memorial Herman Foundation
  • Children’s Safe Harbor
  • Class Act Productions
  • Compassion United
  • Dress for Success
  • Easter Seals Disability Services of Houston
  • Habitat for Humanity – Montgomery County
  • Inspiration Ranch
  • MD Anderson The Woodlands
  • Mercy House
  • Montgomery County Food Bank
  • Operation Gratitude
  • Pets with a Mission
  • The Champion Project/We Will Speak
  • The Kindness Campaign

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: Shelby Lowell
  • President Elect: Sara Krach
  • Treasurer: Tracey Chapman
  • Parliamentarian: Melissa Masley
  • Vice President Communications: Dana Maksimowicz
  • Vice President Membership: Kristen McCabe
  • Vice President Patroness Activities: Anne Rice
  • Vice President Philanthropy: Nicole Robinson-Gauthier
  • Vice President Provisionals: Rola Hart
  • Vice President Ticktockers: Lise Mansfield
    Meredith Sipko
  • Sustainer Liaison: Elizabeth Kuper

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.