Pioneer Programs
TelecomPioneers Family Campers
Beginning in 1967 Francis Smith (TPFC #1), then Hobby Chairman of the Kansas City Council of the Charles S. Gleed Chapter NO. 38 of the Telephone Pioneers of America, organized two local campouts each year. These campouts became very successful with 50 to 60 persons attending from the Kansas City, Kansas Area, Sedalia, St. Louis and Missouri. By the time of the first TPFC International Rally in 1972, the membership neared the 2,000 mark. In their 33rd year, they have registered more than 8,100 families with an active membership today of about 400 they’re still being discovered almost every day!
The purpose of the Family Camper Program is to provide year round opportunities for employees of the Telecom Industry, both active and retired, to foster and enjoy good fellowship and pleasure of camping, whether by themselves or at scheduled club activities; to set an example of courtesy on the highway and a model of conduct at meeting sites and at campgrounds. To encourage the growth of camping facilities, to study, advise and support all acts that perpetuate camping and that are in the interest of camping public.
FAMILY CAMPERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
· Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge
· Serve as Campground Hosts in State and National Parks
· Build Handicap Fishing Docks
· Patrol Boundary Waters for National Park Service
· Distribute Clothing in Mexico
· Build Handicap Trails in State and National Parks
· Refurbish National Park Service Campgrounds
· Make Special Garments for Nursing Homes
· State Fish and Wildlife Volunteers
· Build Wheelchair Ramps
· Help Fellow Pioneers and the Community in National Disasters
For more information on becoming a member of the TelecomPioneers Family Campers Program, you may visit their website at http://www.tpfc.net/ or contact the International Administrator:
Dallas Leier
1900 N. Aglen St.
Roseville, MN 55113-6502
Email: TPFCSHOEBOX@aol.com
Phone: (651) 489-9437
Beginning in 1967 Francis Smith (TPFC #1), then Hobby Chairman of the Kansas City Council of the Charles S. Gleed Chapter NO. 38 of the Telephone Pioneers of America, organized two local campouts each year. These campouts became very successful with 50 to 60 persons attending from the Kansas City, Kansas Area, Sedalia, St. Louis and Missouri. By the time of the first TPFC International Rally in 1972, the membership neared the 2,000 mark. In their 33rd year, they have registered more than 8,100 families with an active membership today of about 400 they’re still being discovered almost every day!
The purpose of the Family Camper Program is to provide year round opportunities for employees of the Telecom Industry, both active and retired, to foster and enjoy good fellowship and pleasure of camping, whether by themselves or at scheduled club activities; to set an example of courtesy on the highway and a model of conduct at meeting sites and at campgrounds. To encourage the growth of camping facilities, to study, advise and support all acts that perpetuate camping and that are in the interest of camping public.
FAMILY CAMPERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
· Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge
· Serve as Campground Hosts in State and National Parks
· Build Handicap Fishing Docks
· Patrol Boundary Waters for National Park Service
· Distribute Clothing in Mexico
· Build Handicap Trails in State and National Parks
· Refurbish National Park Service Campgrounds
· Make Special Garments for Nursing Homes
· State Fish and Wildlife Volunteers
· Build Wheelchair Ramps
· Help Fellow Pioneers and the Community in National Disasters
For more information on becoming a member of the TelecomPioneers Family Campers Program, you may visit their website at http://www.tpfc.net/ or contact the International Administrator:
Dallas Leier
1900 N. Aglen St.
Roseville, MN 55113-6502
Email: TPFCSHOEBOX@aol.com
Phone: (651) 489-9437
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