Here's something I thought everyone should know.



Vietnam Veterans Association

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

 

There was a thread on this a while back. It is false. I think it was Shovelhead who posted a link to "the truth". (snopes.com????)

Rob

 

Edit:
Here's the link to snopes article on this subject.

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

Ed

 

Thank goodness for Snopes I wish people would use it. Being the commander of out local VFW I have recieved over 100 e-mails on this.

 

thanks i never forward this stuff anyway but i do shop at target.