​The Partnership Begins....and keeps growing
Our Parent Program, NISP, was established in 1996.
Our new pageant program, ARSP, was established in 2016 to expand our reach throughout the United States and Internationally
Northern Illinois Scholarship Program (NISP) originally started as a preliminary for Miss Illinois in the Miss America Organization, under the leadership of Penny Knox.
When she moved to Florida, her daughter, Kelli, took it over for several years. When Kelli decided to focus on her growing family, Ms. Diane, whose daughter, Stevie, was involved at the time, happily took over the "reigns".
Ms. Diane has grown the program to what we see today. When she stepped down Mary Nelson took over. Ms. Mary took over the major operations of the program. Under her leadership she announced the beginning of American Royal Spirit Pageant State and National Pageants! (ARSP) At that time Ms. Mary & Ms. Donna moved forward with a new look and direction for NISP/ARSP. Ms. Mary stepped back to being a member (director queen) and watching new ideas be implemented. Ms. Diane and Ms. Mary both are still an active part of the group and will be helping Ms Donna through the exciting changes of NISP/ARSP.
Since Ms. Donna has taken the roll of Director/Owner it has been a whirl wind of new ideas which has expanded growth in the program bringing it into neighboring states! We are currently in all parts of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio. We keep growing with State pageants and one National Pageant a year.
NISP has been in existence for 24 years and we are looking forward to our 25th year in 2021.
It’s a passion and a mission to help girls and ladies achieve their goals in their journey with our organization.