Shawnee Trail Chapter
Ad Dare Servire – To Give and To Serve

Membership

Posted by JDTrower on Wednesday, September 3, 2008.

Membership in the Shawnee Trail is governed by the Operational Guidelines for the North Texas District Royal Rangers Frontiersman Camping Fellowship Shawnee Trial Chapter.  The following information is based off the current Operational Guidelines currently in effect while the Trail to the Grizzly information is from the current FCF handbook.

The requirements for membership in the FCF shall be those described in the current FCF Handbook and FCF Chapters Officers Handbook. No additional requirements shall be added for membership in the Shawnee Trail Chapter.

Entrance Policy
Membership in the chapter is open to any boy or man who meets the stated requirements. There will be a fee for participating in the Frontier Adventure. This fee will be set annually by the chapter officers.

Public Selection Ceremony
A public ceremony should take place but is not limited to taking place during the district Pow Wow. It should include: an explanation of the 5 logs and the 6 purposes of FCF, an explanation of some aspect of frontier history and a listing of the names of those candidates who have qualified to participate in the Frontier Adventure.

Frontier Adventure
After meeting the requirements for membership and paying the fee, prospective members (Greenhorns) will participate in a Frontier Adventure. The events and activities at the Frontier Adventure are not to be kept a secret from anyone. There will not be any harassment of Greenhorns. Neither will there be any shameful, harmful, or degrading acts during the Frontier Adventure. Members are reminded that we are a corps of brothers in Christ.

Trail to the Grizzly
The Trail to the Grizzly is the current path to join and advance in FCF.  The Trail of the Grizzly is designed to lead boys and leaders along the challenging FCF advancement trail. The purpose of this Trail is to prepare boys and leaders to successfully complete each of the FCF advancements by including a unique set of merit award requirements for the Frontiersmen, Buckskin, and Wilderness steps.

All of the Trail of the Grizzly merit awards are easily identified with a grizzly paw print. The Frontiersmen merit awards display a Green Grizzly Paw on the merit. The Buckskin merit awards display a Black Grizzly Paw on the merit, and the Wilderness merit awards display a White Grizzly Paw.

On the sub pages, you will find the requirements needed to join FCF as a Frontiersman and how to advance to Buckskin and Wilderness.