Posted on Aug 29, 2015
VFW Post closed due to fiscal mismanagement?
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It appears to be the case and it might be permanent too.
http://www.waaytv.com/appnews/vfw-post-closes-for-state-audit/article_f5f3257c-4dc7-11e5-a794-0bcd5817ccc9.html
http://www.waaytv.com/appnews/vfw-post-closes-for-state-audit/article_f5f3257c-4dc7-11e5-a794-0bcd5817ccc9.html
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Huntsville
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Here's a dose of reality for ya.....Why are we losing interest from our younger Veterans? Maybe because when you walk in most they smell like smoke, there is generally no Wi-Fi (not expensive to offer and a must have today), can we cover the paneling and paint the walls? Our younger group of Vets have almost all deployed to combat, go to a USO and see how they welcome our Vets, now let's replicate something similar so they we can cross generations and make it a place where we are all comfortable together....just a rant/recommendation - your thoughts?
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
CSM Michael J. Uhlig I am not a VFW member, but I am an American Legion Member. I have not been to a post yet, because I am concerned that it is going to be the exact environment that you described. There is definitely a generational gap, but RallPoint is a perfect example of how a generational gap can be bridged bringing older and younger veterans and service members together to share their experiences. Maybe they should look at the way they are trying to bridge these generational gaps bringing the older and younger members together. Until they do that, they are going to be a dying organization. That would be tragic. The AL and the VFW have been great organizations for too long to die a slow death like this.
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SGT (Join to see)
TSgt Joshua Copeland - You are correct. And old-timers, as much as I respect them, they refuse to change... haha, like the rest of us are so dynamic. But you are absolutely correct.
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MSG (Join to see)
My VFW building is actually in pretty good shape both interior and exterior. No wi0fi though (as far as I know). Being Idaho, smoking is not authorized inside. But, sadly, I am 40 and the youngest member in my VFW.
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Kathlean Keesler
If I may not be considered a troll...I am a smoker - I prefer to smoke outside and solo. Currently for the 1st time in my life I am surrounded by smokers, cigarette butts all over the grass, sidewalks and parking lot. (Federal gov't low income housing complex Morristown Tennessee. I am here to assist a friend, Veteran, in an up and coming surgery) POINT is SMOKING is nasty, more so when ya just see the faces across the room! WiFi is affordable, ashtrays OUT OF DOORS are affordable too. SURE hope things change with compromised solutions.
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I personally don't go because the ones I have been to are dark and smell of old alcohol and smoke. There is nothing to do there and conversations seem to be scewed to the it was better when's.
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Kathlean Keesler
How might we fix this? Is it age? Is it conversation? Is it the setting? What if the person VFW location "chair" and his or her volunteers set up a theme calendar? Presentations with Q&A, participation? HUMOR comedy dates - ....?
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