Target Stores!

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This was posted earlier today on another forum:

From: "Garry Olson" <sgaolson@...>
Date: Fri Dec 9, 2005 10:03 pm
Subject: About Target Stores, I got this today, I don't know how true it is. sgaolson
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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 Associa tion
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 Veterans, then why
should my family and I support their stores by
spending our hard earned American dollars!
And, have their profits sent to France.

Without the American Vets, where would
France be today?

"They, most likely would be speaking German
and trading in Deutsch Marks"

Sincerely,
Dick Forrey, Veterans Helping Veterans

Please send this on to everyone you know to
let Target know what we think of Target.

[warsawdaddy]

I agree.I've been had.Thanks