TARGET... TARGET STORES...

[NY Bearhunter]

Target
Stores - What a surprise

Wasn't it last Christmas that Target

refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores?

Dick Forrey of the Vietnam

Veterans Association wrote.



'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 cannot support American (or Canadian) Veterans, then why should my

family and I support their


stores by spending our hard earned American (or Canadian) dollars in their

stores???
And,
have

their profits sent to France

.

[seapower]

I have never been to a Target Store, but I'm sure my wife has. Being that she's a Veteran herself, I'm sure she won't see the humor either. I think any company that has these views oughta be ratted out and let John Q. Public decide. What a bunch of crap. French you say???? Well ............. Frank

[Avenger]

I think this one is about as old as the internet. It was completely untrue when it started circulating.
Target did eventually decide that their no-solicitation policy could no longer have the Salvation Army as it's only exception. But they're still supporting them in other ways.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/sallyann.asp

Also, they're not French owned, they do support veterans groups, they're not only donating to gay and lesbian causes etc. There's a number of links about most of what is contained in that e-mail:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

While we should be careful about supporting any of China's USA outlets (Wal Mart in particular) we should also be careful about what we repeat.

BTW, speaking of Wal Mart here's a true gem about them putting donated toys back on the shelf:

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/walmart.asp

[seapower]

I can't seem to find my "snopes" button either. My computer's got missing parts. Frank

[Avenger]

I'm not trying to endorse snopes, but they're a convenient source for some of that stuff.

When that one started circulating I e-mailed Target directly, but I don't have a copy of their response anymore. So instead of rehashing it with them I just went to snopes. There's plenty of things for us to get P.O.'d about, i.e. the government, it's just not worth wasting effort in getting ourselves cranked up on something like this.

[NY Bearhunter]

I'm not trying to endorse snopes, but they're a convenient source for some of that stuff.

When that one started circulating I e-mailed Target directly, but I don't have a copy of their response anymore. So instead of rehashing it with them I just went to snopes. There's plenty of things for us to get P.O.'d about, i.e. the government, it's just not worth wasting effort in getting ourselves cranked up on something like this.

YOUR RIGHT ON BOTH PARTS, AND I WILL STAND DOWN, ON THE TARGET ISSUE...

[Big Fish Billy]

There is a town in both Japan and China called USA, so when it says Made in USA, they already have that covered........