And to follow, hundreds of shrill cries to 'boycott target'!!!!
Hey, boycott fans - how many of you are going to be out there ringing the bell for the salvation army????
Neither. It's concern over lawsuits by loony moonie and other groups that want to stand outside and beg for money. That they will be aided and abetted by the ACLU makes it a concern.
Still, no excuse.
No more Target for this season.
yes.. let's trash target! non-christian infidels is all they are.
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I didn't realize that Home Depot also banned the Army. Looks like Lowes just gained another customer. I hope our local WalMarts aren't foolish enough to boot out Toys-for-Tots this year. That would be a BIG mistake.
I'm surprised Home Depot is on the list as I heard they donated very much to the war effort.
I guess I just don't get it.
Target donates to the Salvation Army, so I'm sure it's not an anti-Christian thing.
It seems that nobody can solicit donations, not even non-Christian organizations.
What's the fuss about? I wish the Wal-Mart here had that policy. There's somebody out there for something or another every day.
This is being spun into a "Target hates the Savation Army and poor people" story. I like the bell-ringers too but I see nothing wrong with Target's stand.
Want to blame somebody? Blame the million other people that decided to stand around these stores looking for donations year-round. People complain to the store about individuals or other charities. The store can either get rid of them all or take the chance of these "donation seekers" running off some business. I wouldn't even go to the K-Mart here because of I got sick of people hitting me up for money outside.
Well, I haven't gone to target in a while, but generally have hit them at holiday season rather than go to wal mart (sorry wal mart fans, Target is a much more pleasant shopping experience).... Targets done more than its share of stupid things, but this one is it for me...
Sorry Target, You're off the list for me from now on.. I guess Sears and Kaufmann's (regional local chain) will get my business this season.
Just don't boycott. Go in to Target. Fill the basket. Go to the checkout to ring it all up. When it's time to pay, say, "Sorry no money, I gave it all to the SA." Then walk out.
At lunch today I walked past a Salvation Army dude in front of a grocery store. He told me "Happy holidays!" I told him I'd give some money if he wished me "Merry Christmas". He said he didn't know what religion people were when they walked by so he said the holidays thing so he wouldn't offend anyone. I told him I was offended by "Happy holidays". He looked very confused at this basically no-win situation. (Anyhow, I'm thinking that the Salvation Army shouldn't buckle under to the PC stuff; it's a Christian organization.)
Front page article Fresno Bee last week about this. It said that the Salvation Army would lose 30% of its donations because of this crappola.
I wrote to EVERYONE at Target and gave them a piece of my mind. We should PICKET THOSE CREEPS!!!
I feel a FReep coming on . . .
I don't know that walking past someone ringing a bell on your way into a department store is any more or less distracting that battling the chaos inside the store during Christmas season.
They aren't distracting anybody. They just stand there and ring their bell. They're a lot less pushy than the Girl Scouts selling their cookies outside of stores, because they don't come up and ask you to donate anything. They just stand there and ring their bell. You don't have to give them anything.
Target won't get a nickel from me this year.
The Salvation Army will see my annual donation increase this year.
My email to Target sent earlier today:
As a Target and Mervyn’s cardholder and a regular customer for decades, I must say that I am beyond disappointed to hear of your company’s decision to ban the Salvation Army kettles from the sidewalks in front of your stores. I realize that your lawyers gave you a thousand reasons why banning the Salvation Army was legally advantageous, but there was a time not so long ago that even major corporations like yours occasionally did things because they were “right”, not just because they were legally expedient.
The Salvation Army is a wonderful organization that has helped, clothed, and fed tens of millions of people around the world and across our nation over the past century, and they do it with a smile, a bucket, and a bell. Bell ringers do not harass customers, they do not ask for donations, and they do not interfere with them in any way. They just stand there and ring that bell. The Salvation Army bell is a sound many of us associate closely with the Christmas season, and the "Holiday Shopping Experience" that your company seems so concerned about will be incomplete without it. It is a reminder of the spirit of the holidays, and that we should give not only to those we love, but to those less fortunate than ourselves. How can that be offensive to anyone?
You have the right to run your company any way you wish, but my family is under no obligation to support your company in doing so. I mailed my checks off today to zero out and close my Target accounts (enclosing a letter similar to this one), and will no longer be shopping in any of your stores. I have recommended that my extended family, my co-workers, and the families in my children’s Scouting troops do the same, and most have readily agreed that your position on this issue is unacceptable and that your company shouldn’t be supported. This year, we will be restricting our Christmas shopping to stores that remember what the season is all about.
Target, you are truly the Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
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Modesto, CA.
I shop Walmart all the time, not just at Christmas.
Sorry if this has been brought up prior, I've not read all 127 posts to this thread...but isn't Target owned by some French Corp?
The store chain Target has decided this Christmas to ban the Salvation Army from placing their bell ringers outside their stores to solicit funds for the wonderful work they do for our nation's most vulnerable. In my opinion, giving to the causes that the Salvation Army serves is a lot more about the Christmas season than the merchandise I buy from Target, so we are banning Target from our shopping until they change their policy banning the Salvation Army. If it takes them until next year, or the next, that is entirely Target's call. Join me in this effort by not shopping there, and encouraging your friends to do likewise. Then communicate this to Target at:
http://www.targetcorp.com/targetcorp_group/contactus/contact_general.jhtml
This is what I said:
"My family regularly shops at Target, yet the news that Target has banned the Salvation Army from soliciting donations this Christmas will change that. Like you, the Christmas season is their major source of revenues. They do an extraordinary amount of good for the nation's most vulnerable. The damage Target has inflicted upon that effort cannot be measured. I will not shop at Target until they change their policy toward the Salvation Army, and I will encourage my friends to do likewise. Please let me know when you change your policy."
Please pass this onto those in your address book & Merry Christmas!