Colorado Blue Sky

About Our Chapter

NCL, Inc., Colorado Blue Sky 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 Metropolitan Denver and surrounding areas. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Colorado Blue Sky aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.

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.

 

Critical Dates and Required Events for Prospective Members

Start of Membership Drive: January 15, 2024

Prospective Member Applications Due: March 1, 2024 

Letters of Acceptance Distributed: April 1, 2024

Prospective Member Acceptance and Payment Due: June 1, 2024

Provisional Member Welcome and Orientation Meeting: April or May of 2024, TBD

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:

  • A Precious Child
  • Alzheimer’s Association
  • American Heart Association
  • American Red Cross
  • Brent’s Place
  • Cancer League of Colorado
  • Children’s Hospital
  • Clothes to Kids
  • Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance
  • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • Denver Health
  • Denver Rescue Mission/The Crossing
  • Disaster Response
  • Dream Center/Santa’s Elves
  • Food Bank of the Rockies
  • Ft. Logan National Cemetery
  • Gabby Krause Foundation
  • High Line Canal Conservancy
  • Holly Creek/Johnson Center
  • JFS/Lunch Box Express Program
  • Joy International
  • Judi’s House
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • National Day of Service – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – January 15, 2024
  • NCL in the Community
  • Operation Gratitude
  • Project Angel Heart
  • Project Cure
  • Rocky Mountain Downs Syndrome Assoc, Step Up for Down Syndrome walk
  • Special Olympics
  • The Kindness Campaign (TKC)
  • There with Care

Food Bank of Rockies The Crossing

Children’s Hospital Judi’s House

Brent’s Place

Clothes to Kids

Project Angel Heart

Project C.U.R.E

A Precious Child

Joy International

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: Elizabeth Morton
  • President Elect: Lindsay O’Connor
  • Secretary: Kelly Clymer
  • Treasurer: Heather Platt
    Heather Platt
  • Parliamentarian: Tory Bond
  • Vice President Communications: Lori McDermott
  • Vice President Membership: Cory Anderson
  • Vice President Philanthropy: Megan Rudden
  • Vice President New Members: Heather Hobson
  • Vice President Ticktockers: Traci Ayer
  • Vice President Chapter Engagement and Inclusion: Laura Shipman
    Melissa Nelligan

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.