Wal-Mart to save Salvation Army!!!!

WMCA - New York ^ | 12.16.2004

[KMC1]

..."It was already obvious to those paying attention that Target Corp. was out to doom itself this year by overseeing the biggest public relations faux pas in recent memory.

Target - better known as "party foul king of the frigid north" - has continued to add to its persona that its willing to take the money of the poor who must spend it in their cheap low-life stores, but they are unwilling to assist those same poor by allowing the Salvation Army to collect nickels and dimes from those who would so generously give them.

Today the news that broke on the Kevin McCullough Show  for the first time nationally - Major Charles Kelly of the Newark Area Salvation Army announced that Wal-Mart Stores a dollar for dollar match of all donations collected by the Salvation Army at Wal-Mary locations nationally. The matching gift would end on Christmas Eve and the limit of the match would be a million dollars.

This is Target at their absolute corporate worst and conversely Wal-Mart at its very best.

Looks like the Smiley has pounded the Red Bulls-Eye into sand...

Nice job Smiley"...

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I wonder if there are any lawsuits against Target by bellringers in the past that prompted Target to decide as they did.

[bushisdamanin04]

Brilliant PR move.

[EdReform]

BTTT

Homosexual Pressure May Have Forced Target's Salvation Army Eviction

[mdittmar]

Guess where I'm stopping tomorrow,Walmart,for breakfast and the Salvation Army.

[PeterFinn]

So WalMart is outsourcing the bell-ringing jobs to China?

[Clemenza]

ARM THE SALVATION ARMY!

[dixiechick2000]

Phooey on Target...WalMart done good ping!

[Colofornian]

Ah, "good will" is indeed alive. For a while, I thought it was buried in classic movies like "White Christmas" (good will toward honoring your former commanders) and "Miracle on 34th Street" (corporate good will toward shoppers by helping them making informed transactions).

Alas, the other type of anti-good will is also too alive and well in the embodiment of Target. Oh, well what would pre-Christmas days be without the Targetian "ba, humbug" emulating both Scrooge and the Grinch at the same time?

But...Transformation is still possible. Especially if we want to "facilitate" it by haunting the corporate abode of Target, based in liberalville, Minnesota.

[shezza]

I would be glad to go out of my way to stop at a Wal-Mart to place a few bucks in a Sally Army kettle, just for the matching funds for them. Good job, Wal-Mart.

[mdittmar]

The "No Solicitation" postings at retail stores were precipitated by the union thugs.

I allowed some "Solicitation" during the holidays.

[psjones]

I noticed that my local Walmart had the salvation army kettle at their store, so does Kmart. My local Walmart also allowed our local bluestarmothers organization to set up bins to collect stuff for our troops.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

$1 million matching funds isn't much 'relatively speaking' for $100+ Billion annual sales Walmart (great PR coup here, if you want to be catty, cynical and mercenary)...

...but it is much better than a sharp stick in the eye, like Target gave (or permitted itself to be USED to give)... Watch and listen for further evidence that the Target ban of Sally's was ultimately a homosexual-agenda thing, that seems pretty certain.

Meanwhile, the Salvation Army is more than a century old and truly cares not just for the physical and emotional--but the mind and soul as well. Goodwill doesn't come close to what the Salvation Army does--GOD BLESS THE SALVATION ARMY! I donate exclusively to them.

SALLY BTTT!