Membership is critical to the life of any organization. Membership in the VFW isn’t like a membership in the Rotary or the Lions. I recently received my alumni newsletter from the 11th Armored Cavalry’s Veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia. Like every other veterans’ organization, they, too, are seeking new members although their pool of potential eligible members is much smaller than VFW’s. However, they made an interesting statement in seeking membership. They said something to the effect that the “the price you pay for a membership isn’t that expensive compared to the price you paid to become eligible for membership”. Obviously, that is equally true for your VFW membership. So if you haven’t paid your dues, just remember that the dues you already paid where much, much more expensive. And for you continuous members, seriously consider a life membership. It will be cheaper in the long run.
