nanaofbailee's Journal

Wasn't  it last Christmas that Target refused to let the  Salvation Army
ring their bells in front of their  stores?


Dick  Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans  Association  wrote.

'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 cannot support  American
Veterans, then why should my family  and I support their
stores by spending our hard  earned American dollars!

And,
have  their profits sent to France  ...


Without  the American Vets, where  would

  France  be today?


'They,  most likely would be speaking German and trading  in Deutsch Marks'

Sincerely,
Dick  Forrey
Veterans Helping  Veterans

WHAT A CROCK OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!