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Donate Join Who We Are Member Login National Charity League, Inc. Search Menu PAGE CACHED AT 1621253265 Heart of Kansas City About Our Chapter NCL, Inc., Heart of Kansas City 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 Johnson County, Kansas. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Heart of Kansas City aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together. Heart of Kansas City OUR CHAPTER HISTORY Our Chapter was organized in 2004 by a small group of dedicated women. This group included Linda Rogers who would become our first Chapter President. Familiar with NCL, Inc. after living in southern California, Linda wanted to bring NCL, Inc. to Kansas City. The first official meeting to form our Chapter was held on March 31, 2004 at the Lionsgate Clubhouse in Overland Park, Kansas. The name “Heart of Kansas City” was selected for our Chapter. Our Membership during the first year consisted of eighteen Patronesses (mothers) and twenty-two Ticktockers (daughters). They volunteered over 700 hours in the community through initiatives with our first three philanthropy partners: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Rose Brooks and the Brain Injury Association. Our members served at auctions, charity boutiques, collected magazines and books, and baked Valentine’s Day cookies to support our philanthropy partners. Cultural events included a December Tea, a mainstay of all National Charity League chapters, and a performance of The Christmas Carol. Leadership positions were filled by twenty-three of our Patronesses and Ticktockers. In May, 2005 a New Member Ice Cream Social was held at the Lionsgate Clubhouse to recognize the accomplishments of our members through an awards ceremony and to welcome new Members into the Heart of Kansas City Chapter. Our Membership has grown every year since 2004. We currently have nearly 300 active Members as well as many alumni Members in our community. We offer over 100 leadership positions to our mother and daughter Members and hold multiple cultural events throughout the year. Annually we give nearly 10,000 hours of our time volunteering in the Kansas City metro area; many of these hours are performed by mothers and daughters working alongside each other. 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 . If your daughter will enter into the 7th grade in the next school year, now is the time to ask about joining the Heart of Kansas City Chapter of National Charity League, Inc. We offer a six year program for mothers and daughters focused on fostering mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development, and cultural experiences. Our daughters are in the 7th through 12th grades. Our annual Membership drives takes place between October and January. Most Members join as their daughter prepares enter 7th grade. This means that if you are interested in Membership, you want to participate in the Membership drive which begins in October of your daughter’s 6th grade school year. Membership openings for prospective Members with daughters going into other grades are limited and considered on a space-available basis. All Prospective members of our Chapter must live in Johnson County, Kansas. Prospective Members also need to be sponsored by a current Member of the Heart of Kansas City Chapter of NCL, Inc. If you know someone in the Heart of Kansas City Chapter, talk with her about to understand more about our organization. She can also share with you information about the Membership process and Membership obligations. If you do not know someone in NCL, Inc. you are invited to submit the following form. Please click here to fill out and submit your Membership Inquiry form, or for any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us at membershipheartofkansascity@nclonline.org . 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 Mid America Association Mid-America Chapter Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America Chapter Amethyst Place Braden’s Hope Brain Injury Association of Kansas Charlie’s House Happy Bottoms Hope Faith Ministries KC Hospice March of Dimes Operation Breakthrough Ronald McDonald House Charities of KC Rose Brooks ScrapsKC Shadow Buddies Special Olympics Kansas Sunflower House Susan G. Komen Greater Kansas City Village Shalom WIN for KC Community Service We work with 20+ philanthropy partners who are located throughout the Kansas City Metro area. Each year our Members invest approximately 9,000 hours of their time in the community. Our activities vary from year-to-year based on the needs of our philanthropy partners. Here are a few examples of how we support our community: – serving lunch at Hope Faith Ministries and assisting customers in their clothing store – introducing girls in the community to a variety of sports and fitness activities over four days during the summer at CAMP WIN – provide babysitting services for children staying at Amethyst Place so their moms can attend required classes – helping to run the clothing store at Rose Brooks and assisting residents with their shopping – helping Operation Breakthrough with special projects throughout the year, such as Halloween costume sorting, handing out school supplies, cleaning cots, and sorting Christmas gifts, as well as helping with OB’s Maker Space, Gala, Carnival and Fall Festival – helping Charlie’s House hand out materials and safety supplies at events around the community – assisting at March of Dimes’ March for Babies, Signature Chefs Auction and Nurse of the Year events. We also do annual Books for Babies and Pajamas for Preemies drives throughout the year for March of Dimes. – packing diapers for Happy Bottoms, a local diaper bank, to be distributed to families in need across the metro area – playing soccer, bowling, volleyball, basketball, tennis, swim and track and sharing a laugh with special needs children through Special Olympics – preparing meals and snacks to comfort the families at KC Hospice and Ronald McDonald House – helping with various activities at Village Shalom, such as playing Bingo and Trivia Games with residents, walking residents’ dogs, delivering newsletters and schedules, and helping in their library, as well as helping with with various special events throughout the year – dressing, packaging and sorting dolls for Shadow Buddies, as well as helping at special events such as their annual gala and Fantasy Flight – helping at Scraps KC with general store needs as well as special projects such as repurposing school supplies and assembling sock kits for the homeless We also help at annual local events such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Going the Distance for Brain Injury, the WIN for KC Triathlon, the Walk to Defeat ALS, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s and Sunflower House’s Pumpkin Palooza. Leadership Development Nurturing confidence through opportunities to learn and grow, while also building problem-solving skills through a supp...