Trapper's Brigade
The purpose of the Trappers Brigade is to promote Christian service
among the FCF members by encouraging their involvement and participation
in service to their church and fellowman.
The Trappers Brigade encourages the involvement of FCF members not only
in their local church, but also in their community (e.g., needs,
projects, and organizations), in this way extending their Christian
influence and testimony.
The Trappers Brigade also encourages the involvement of FCF members in
service world-wide including missions and civic duty.
Requirements for participation:
To participate in the Trappers Brigade program an FCF member:
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Must be a member in good standing with his FCF chapter with dues being
current.
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Must have participated in one FCF event during the current year. The
event can be Section, Division, District, Territorial or National
events. The event can be any FCF activity within an event such as
participation in the Frontier Village during a Pow Wow or Camporama or
Academy or other similar event.
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Must be actively involved in his local church and Royal Rangers outpost
The FCF member need not have received his Buckskin or Wilderness status
to qualify.
How points are earned:
Service points are accumulated when an FCF member volunteers his time
(with no consideration for wages) in church, in community projects, in
special needs organizations, or in humanitarian acts. He will receive
one hour credit per hour of service including travel time He continues
to add his total hours together even after he has attained the next
step. Projects are approved by the Chapter FCF Trappers Brigade
Authorization Committee.
Service Projects
Within the local church, service projects may include mowing the church
lawn; visiting the sick; serving in any "non-paid" position such as
usher; teaching, or helping in Sunday school, participating in youth,
bus, or music ministry; doing office work or printing; and participating
in missions emphasis, fund-raising, clothing, or food drives.
Within the local community, projects may include helping families who
have lost their homes because of a disaster (e.g., fire, tornado, or
flood); assisting needy people or children's groups; or working at a
hospital, library, service center, voter registration drive, city
recreational facility, juvenile detention center, the Big Brothers
organization, or the Boys Club.
Outside the local setting, the member may accumulate hours (including
travel time) for missionary trips with MAPS (Missions Abroad Placement
Service), FCF Pathfinder missions projects, missionary trips with AIM
(Ambassadors in Missions), Convoy of Hope projects, AGHM (Assemblies of
God Home Missions) projects, AGWM (Assemblies of God World Missions)
projects, Care Corps projects, U.S.O. (United Service Organizations)
projects, disaster assistance, search-and-rescue missions, etc. Check
with your District Director or Chapter President for other
considerations.
Recognition
The three steps of recognition and the accumulated hours needed to
attain them are as follows:
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Company Trapper-50 total hours
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Bourgeois (pronounced boohz-wah') - 100 total hours
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Free Trapper-150 total hours
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For each additional fifty (50) hours earned, the Free Trapper will
receive a numeral to be placed on his Trapper Medal.
A Chapter FCF Trappers Brigade Authorization Committee will review the
hours tabulated by the FCF members who qualify for recognition pins.
Each FCF member needs to complete an application and submit the
application to the committee. Pictures, letters, artifacts, items of
interest, and things learned, enjoyed, or experienced should all be
shared with the committee.
Young Bucks must complete the service under the supervision of an adult
leader. The leader may be any adult who can sign the application and
verify what was done by the applicant.
Download and fill out the Trappers Brigade Application and send
it in!