Hummm, interesting....N/M I fell for another HOAX!

[Brutuskend]

by Dick Forrey of the 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
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Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Kalvin00]

nm

 

[Gravity]

Very interesting. I looked into their foundation a few years ago. I work with troubled youth and was interested in their corp support policy. They don't offer support for anyone that has broken the law which left all my lil ones out of the loop.

On the other hand, it's good for a company to narrow it's causes and charities. Assumably, you can then guage your effectiveness better.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Target is owned by the Target Corporation. It was formerly named the Dayton-Hudson Corporation.

It is based out of Minneapolis, MN.

 

[DannyBoy]

Brutuskend, you going to need your title changed soon...

 

[Sophia]

Snopes article

 

[Brutuskend]

I guess I was duped again.

I just found this

I wish people would check around before sending me Emails... I'm just too gullible. 😱

 

[Mean MrMustard]

"Target has a long-held corporate policy regarding donations. And in all fairness, Target contributes more than $2 million weekly to charitable causes and is one of the corporate sponsors for the 2003 tour of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund's "The Wall That Heals." "The Wall That Heals" is a traveling Vietnam Veterans memorial and museum that has a strong educational component for schools and serves to honor all our veterans."

Owned.

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: ELP
"Target has a long-held corporate policy regarding donations. And in all fairness, Target contributes more than $2 million weekly to charitable causes and is one of the corporate sponsors for the 2003 tour of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund's "The Wall That Heals." "The Wall That Heals" is a traveling Vietnam Veterans memorial and museum that has a strong educational component for schools and serves to honor all our veterans."

Owned.

Pwned.