VFWs in need of younger members to get involved

Mitch Furman, senior vice commander at Syosset’s Gus Scutari Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6394, said that as he gets older, he’s noticed there are fewer “younger” members part of the organization. Furman said he joined nearly 12 years ago, just about three years before he retired after a career in retail. He said he worked his way up into retail management and eventually came to work as a district manager, regional manager and director of store operations, “that kind of thing,” he said. “I was in the VFW for a few years at that point, but my kids had grown and left the house and started making their own way in life, and that’s pretty typical even today,” Furman said. “A lot of young guys don’t get involved too much, and that is one of the struggles the VFW and every organization like that has today.” Furman spent about 20 months overseas, arriving in Vietnam in 1968 before being injured and getting transferred to Japan for surgery and rehabilitation.

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