Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship

(cleanup) The Frontiersman Camping Fellowship is a program of the Royal Rangers, and serves as their service/honor organization, similar to the Boy Scouts of America's Order of the Arrow. It endeavors to develop in each member the same courageous and undaunted spirit of the early frontiersman. High moral and contagious enthusiasm are developed by urging each member to strive to achieve important accomplishments.

-Courage -Achievement -Friendship -Leadership -Woodsmanship (Bushcraft, Australia)

Young adults in the Royal Rangers program who meet the requirements, should be strongly encouraged to pursue an interest in becoming a part of the FCF. Skills that can be learned from the FCF are campfire cooking, Christian service in the community, fellowship, frontier outfit making, black powder rifle shooting, trading, tomahawk and knife throwing, teepee camping, hide tanning, bead craft, scrimshaw, leather craft, wood working, and much, much more.

The FCF can provide a young Royal Ranger many different opportunities for growth and development. This provision however, can only be enabled through the participation and involvement of FCF members within the outpost. Keeping alive the spirit of the FCF means getting young bucks involved and keeping them involved. There are many skills that he must learn and develop before he becomes an "old timer", along with learning what it means to be apart of the Frontiersman Camping Fellowship.

Enterance To FCF

In Australia a new recuit wishing to enter FCF must fullfill the following criteria -TrailBlazer Age -Hold their Level 2 ranking -Have their Camping award (Advanced Ranking)

Upon this they then under take and enterance exam, Phase 1 and 2 testing. Phase 1 testing comprises of practical knowledge. eg, compass work and lashings. To pass recuits must -Pass the Bible section of Phase 1 with 90% or more. -They are allowed to fail only 2 sections.

FCF Rankings

New recuits that pass the Testing are entered into FCF with a Rank of "Settler". To reach the next level of Selector a Settler must fullfill many criteria, some of which are below; -Have a Trade and Costume -Able to memorize the 5 Logs (Courage, Achievement, Friendship, Leadership, Woodsmanship or Bushcraft, Australia) -Memorize the FCF motto

The 3rd and final Ranking in FCF is Bushman.

Each level is repersented with a pin.

Trades

The Australian FCF members, particulary those in New South Wales are encouraged to pick up "trades". A trade is a line of work typically undertaken in the 1800's. New FCF members can create a coustum, reflecting on what a typical person in that trade would wear. they can also do a stall in the FCF Village

FCF Village

This is where FCF members come to relax and enjoy fgellowship around a fire of a night. But during the day they provide entertainment for the Rangers who are not in FCF. This includes Stalls where Members undertake activities according to the Trade they have chosen. This entertains and teaches childern about early settlers.