Hey, did anyone else get the following e-mail?
(I am just passing this on, o no offense to any of our French members intended....
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This looks fishy to me. I ususllay dont buy into these things, but this one I am even more inclined not to believe because of the wording. A bunch of peopl earound my workplace are now "never shopping at target again"...
Gotta love watching the sheep follow the pack over a cliff!
God forbid they look into this themselves..
anyway...here is the text of the e-mail i received....enjoy!
p.s. I did some editing so the filter wouldnt put those silly ***'s up!
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Subject: Target Stores........Very Interesting
Wasn't it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation
Army ring their bells in front of their stores?
**** 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, g.ay & l.esbian 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,
D.ick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans
Please send this on to everyone you know to let Target know we
don't need them either !
