Charles Dobbins Scholarship

Since we won't be contributing to the NTA Charles Dobbins Scholarship Fund, I was thinking we might be able to have a Charles Dobbins Scholarship fund here on Trapperman. After all, he is the reason Trapperman exists.

We could do an auction to get it funded.

We'll need someone with the expertise in this area to make sure it is properly set up and functions correctly. Surely with the number of folks we have on here, there is someone who knows how this works.

What do y'all think?

I lack any of the useful skills to set it up, but I think it is a great idea. Maybe I can contribute when the auction gets put up for bidding.

I don't have any of the skill to help but think it's a great idea.

I think it's a great idea. I don't have the skills Paul talks about, but will contribute to the fund and/or participate in the auction.

Jim

It's a GREAT idea Bossman! I'm sure we can collaborate a fair, and sustainable process. Let the brainstorming begin!

I have something for a auction

Love the idea sir!
Jim

Great idea, we already started up the Defense Fund since we found out only pennys out of every dollar actually go to help anything. At this rate the next move will be to start your own nation wide association, lol.

great idea Paul

Can't wait til the first national convention.

We can certainly donate some items that should help in the fund-raising effort. A very good idea Paul.

You can always count on me, nothing is more important for a young trapper than an education fund.

Great idea, will look forward to the auction or donation.

Great idea

Good news! Cindy said she will set it up for us. She sure has her stuff together, and we're blessed to have her. We've got time since the first scholarship won't go out until late summer 2024. We'll probably have an auction to fund it this coming spring.

Great idea

Fantastic ... great to see this get traction!

I'll gladly bid/contribute! Great idea!

I have a couple new KB traps to donate

I'm an impulsive bidder. I can contribute that way.

I'll chip in something.

Sounds like a great idea Boss man. I know the scholarships help the kids tremendously and am glad to see it will continue. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do to help the kids.

Is there any way that a "donation" account could be set up prior to an auction?

Good deal, I'll donate too.

I am happy to see this taking shape.

For anyone who forgets how great Trapperman is- here ya go.

I'm in!

I will donate

Ir think it is the right time and the right idea I will do my best to support it finically Either by bidding on items or donating items If you all remember one of Charlie's books is titled THE GREAT TEACHERS And anyone that ever spent a small amount of time around Charlie knows he loved to talk trapping and would share his knowledge with everyone that wanted to learn .Indeed he was and still is a great teacher .And what a great thing to help kids get an education based on scientific fact not new age feel good garbage

Count me in Paul! Let me know how I can help.
Roy Greenfield

That is great. We just went through several scholarship programs for my son. The one thing we learned, that you guys may not have thought about, is to get the scholarship in and processed prior to high school graduation, so the winners can have the scholarship announced and acknowledged during their graduation. Also a few scholarships in the $750-$1000 range would be great so you can spread the love VS. say one $5000 scholarship.

I too will be glad to help out if I can.

Glad to hear this will still go on. I don't know how it was funded when it was handled by the NTA, but I'm willing to bet it will be even more successful with the support of the entire forum. I was feeling kind of bad about the way everything turned out with the NTA, but if we can expand this scholarship and make it better than ever than maybe it's not a bad thing. The kids are the future of trapping, after all.

Paul I'll donate to the auction and, knowing me, buy as well.

Thanks to all of you for your support. I'll post more as we progress to make it happen.

I will gladly donate something nice for the auction, Mr Paul.

There ya go, we already have a headliner!