67 years ago, men from East Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities, who had served overseas in World War I and World War II chartered a VFW Post where people could get together and foster friendship and good times. For many years this institution has been a fixture in the community. It is now in danger of being run into the ground by those who are in charge, who care only about themselves, and not about the institution they have been entrusted with to protect and grow. Lack of financial accountability, rude service, cancellation of membership celebrations...you name it, it's going on, and the Post is on the verge of collapse. Now, this page has been created to make others aware of it, if they aren't already, and try to get changes made. Join us in trying to help save VFW Post 5008, and sign this petition, so that it may be presented to help effect change at the Post level, and if not, it will be sent higher in the VFW chain of command.
Seeing all this support pouring in makes me think about those original members who built the post with nothing but their own hands and history and it feels like we might actually have a shot at fixing this mess after all. I honestly did not think this many people still cared about that old building or the way things used to be run before all the mismanagement started creeping in.
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Mike Petersen
13 years ago
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My dad spent half his life at this post. its a shame to see it going downhill like this due to pure greed and laziness. clean house and get it back to how it used to be.
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Tom Lin
13 years ago
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GET RID OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE. They don't deserve to be there. 5008 is a staple of east pittsburgh and we cant let these guys ruin it for everyone else.
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Sarah Barnes
13 years ago
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Ridiculous that they stopped the celebrations. This place used to mean something for our vets.
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67 years ago, men from East Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities, who had served overseas in World War I and World War II chartered a VFW Post where people could get together and foster friendship and good times. For many years this institution has been a fixture in the community. It is now in danger of being run into the ground by those who are in charge, who care only about themselves, and not about the institution they have been entrusted with to protect and grow. Lack of financial accountability, rude service, cancellation of membership celebrations...you name it, it's going on, and the Post is on the verge of collapse. Now, this page has been created to make others aware of it, if they aren't already, and try to get changes made. Join us in trying to help save VFW Post 5008, and sign this petition, so that it may be presented to help effect change at the Post level, and if not, it will be sent higher in the VFW chain of command.
Seeing all this support pouring in makes me think about those original members who built the post with nothing but their own hands and history and it feels like we might actually have a shot at fixing this mess after all. I honestly did not think this many people still cared about that old building or the way things used to be run before all the mismanagement started creeping in.
3 Comments
M
Mike Petersen
13 years ago
Featured
My dad spent half his life at this post. its a shame to see it going downhill like this due to pure greed and laziness. clean house and get it back to how it used to be.
T
Tom Lin
13 years ago
Featured
GET RID OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE. They don't deserve to be there. 5008 is a staple of east pittsburgh and we cant let these guys ruin it for everyone else.
S
Sarah Barnes
13 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous that they stopped the celebrations. This place used to mean something for our vets.
My dad spent half his life at this post. its a shame to see it going downhill like this due to pure greed and laziness. clean house and get it back to how it used to be.