Originally published in December 2021. Updated November 2025.
VFW Posts take pride in decorating their Post Home for festivities throughout the holiday season. Help make sure your holidays are jolly and bright by remembering these holiday decorating safety tips for VFW Posts.
Whether your Post decorates a small Charlie Brown tree or goes full Chevy Chase, keep your Post’s property and members safe with
Originally published in December 2022. Updated October 2025.
Protecting your organization from internal and external theft is an important risk management tactic to reduce loss and claims. Theft may rise as inflation and prices rise, and fraternal organizations become a target for thieves hoping to grab cash, food, alcohol and other valuables.
Even in times of economic stability, theft remains a significant risk for
Originally published in March 2022. Updated October 2025.
A simple “wet floor” safety sign can mean the difference between a normal day at your Post and a trip to the emergency room.
While the primary purpose of safety signage is keeping people safe, there are other benefits, too:
Facilities that have clear and consistent safety
Each October, organizations like the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and others observe Fire Prevention Week and Month by spreading fire safety awareness and helping protect homes, businesses and people. The annual event began in 1911 to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, a fire that killed approximately 300 people and destroyed over 17,000 structures.
Whether your Post
All property is important to upkeep and maintain, and the same is true of any property your Post owns.
Maintaining property and prioritizing safety improvements not only adds to your property value, but it also keeps your members and guests safe and comfortable.
Read on for a compilation of our most helpful property maintenance blogs.
Homes, vehicles, rentals and more—All property is important to upkeep and maintain, and the same is true of any property your Post owns.
Maintaining property and prioritizing safety improvements not only adds to your property value, but it also keeps your members and guests safe and comfortable.
Read on for tips to maintain and improve your Post property.
Whatever part of the country your organization is in, severe weather can impact your operations. Consider these statistics on severe weather from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
Your organization relies heavily on its members and its volunteers. Whether you’re hosting bingo night, a bake sale, a food drive or other community event, you need volunteers to plan, organize, work and clean up the event for it to be a success.
While aiming for safety and security at your Post, your volunteers can still be injured during their duties. To protect
Just as your fraternal organization faces cyber liability risks, so do your members.
In fact, the Senate passed the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act in 2021 to create an advisory group to educate consumers about scams, improve industry fraud-prevention training, develop better ways to stop scams before they happen and expand fraud prevention research.
And certain citizens may be impacted more
As a fraternal organization operating in today’s digitally connected world, your Post faces several cyber liability risks. Typically, most fraternal organizations do not consider themselves at risk for a cyber attack and have failed to take measures to secure their systems and data, making them an even bigger target.
To protect your organization, it’s important to understand your cyber liability risks and know