{"id":53003,"date":"2019-07-16T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/16\/vfw-snaps-27-year-membership-decline-and-adds-nearly-25000-new-members\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:43:35","slug":"vfw-snaps-27-year-membership-decline-and-adds-nearly-25000-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2019\/07\/16\/vfw-snaps-27-year-membership-decline-and-adds-nearly-25000-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"VFW snaps 27-year membership decline and adds nearly 25,000 new members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Veterans of Foreign Wars said it has added almost 25,000 new members during the past year, ending a long period of steady decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials with the 120-year-old veteran service organization attribute the uptick to a new strategy to target new members using social media, as well as word of mouth, to inform veterans how much work they do to serve veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The VFW is making a difference in the lives of countless others every day, and thanks to the power of social media and the internet, more people are taking notice and wanting to be part of our team,\u201d VFW National Commander B.J. Lawrence said in a recent post<\/a> on the organizations website.<\/p>\n\n\n\t