Boycott Target Stores

[chambley1]

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.

[Dancing Jane]

Not this again.

[nevergore]

This is an Urban Legend....never happened....quit posting this....

NeverGore

[lilylangtree]

Urban legend. Story debunked about 6 weeks ago.

[StonyBurk]

Seems to me like Target would benefit from helping those
who actually had a target painted on them for wearing the
military uniform of our country.Will enquire about such at the local Taget store to see what their reaction might be
Will also show this to friends of mine in chapter 57 VVA