Employment Journey
Brittany has a bachelor of science in community health and education and kinesiology, and a masters in nonprofit leadership and management. She left the corporate world in 2012 to pursue a mobile, home-based career, first in photography before becoming the co-owner of Maxon Chix apparel, a southern shirt company.
She owns 50 percent of the company, and 100 percent of the proceeds from her share goes to funding Down Syndrome treatment and research. It’s also been an awareness piece; labels and tags have Down Syndrome facts on them.
Two years old, the growing business recently opened a brick and mortar store. They have brought on a disabled veteran and have partnered with three other military spouses who sell their handmade items. “We are helping them build their business and giving them the opportunity to showcase before they take their next move so they can be successful on their own and branch their business out,” Brittany says.
Rejuvenating the Spouse Club
The Little Rock AFB spouse club was on the table to be dissolved before base officials approached Brittany to see if she would be interested in taking it on. Because of her education and work background, Brittany had the knowledge to turn the nonprofit around and get it operating as a 501(c)(7).
She identified and created a focused board of directors. Together, they took the club from zero to 90 members. It coordinates the social and philanthropic aspects of the base, as well as providing a one-stop shop for military spouses to see what is available.
The club has stocked the on-base food pantry to maximum capacity, provided 300 backpacks for military children, collected and packaged more than 75 care packages for deployed troops and supported the on-base school by purchasing physical educational equipment and assisting in the build of pollinator gardens.
