Re-think patronizing target stores...

[harbormaster]

Fast Eddie sent me this. I do not know if it is accurate or not. It does provide food for thought.
I am going to forward this to my dad who is heavy into VFW (vets of foreign wars)

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Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event.

We received the following reply from the local TARGET management: "Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education."

So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general do not meet their donation criteria, then something is really wrong at this TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial
remembrance.

As a follow-up, I e-mailed the TARGET U.S. corporate headquarters and their response was the same. That's their national policy.

Then I looked into the company further. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their stores.
And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their
insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further, TARGET is a French-owned corporation.

Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET can not support American Veterans, then why should I and my family support their stores by spending our hard earned American dollars and to have their
profits sent to France. Without the American Vets, where would France be today?

Feel free to pass this along to whomever you want.
Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans helping Veterans

[FlatRacer, aka BarrelBack]

Here's another side of the story. With all the disinformation flying around the internet, who knows what the truth is?

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-target-veterans.htm

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FR :p

[oldLenny]

...what an un-goddly hour MP... eek!

[bverd]

My $.02... I think this post should be deleted so we are not part of the problem by contributing to this nonsense.

Poodle is right, when in doubt check "snopes"

Happy Holidays!!

--bverd

[Ed Donnelly]

I don't know where I heard it from,but, I was under the immpression, Chip Canassi was majority shareholder of target? Lord knows I have been wrong before...Ed

[BUIZILLA]

I second bverd...

[goatee]

i have an employee that works for target. she says they give 2 million a week back to the "community"...now i see who the "community" is in there eyes!!!

[boxy]

Goat, did you read the Snopes report, or just the original dis-information...
I'm with Brad, dump the thread, or at least re-name it.

[FlatRacer, aka BarrelBack]

"People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear"
(Heard It Through The Grapevine)

I'm inclined to believe even less of what I read.

FR :p