TARGET STORES

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:03 pm

DIRTYDAVE says...I am a big fan of Target, I like their store more than Wal-Mart, but if the following story is true, it does bother me....read on!

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 eet 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 memori! al 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 f! urther,

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

Post by **kman** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:26 pm

Hi DirtyDave. Snopes.com is a helpful site for trying to verify some of the things you hear on the Internet. I found a few hits on Target:

Target bans the Salvation Army? True:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/target.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/sallyann.asp

Target bans veteran groups? False:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:15 pm

Well, that is interesting kman, as I said, I did not know if it was true or not.

BackwoodsPundit · Post by **BackwoodsPundit** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:19 am

Heh.. Target is french? Thats an old joke.. pronounce it targey

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:36 am

kman, I sent that info you put up to my Uncle but he totally discounted it and said NO, TARGET IS OWNED BY THE FRENCH AND THEY HATE US! I was like, What the hell? So I decided to find out for myself. I emailed Target's Corporate office and asked them if they had a "french connection", LOL, and here is their response.

Dear David,

Target Corporation and our predecessor the Dayton-Hudson Corporation are not now, and never have been foreign owned.

Target Stores are owned by Target Corporation, a company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and has been since its founding by George Dayton in 1902. Our company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

We can't disclose individual shareholder information due to personal privacy. However, here's how you can find out additional information about major investors in Target Corporation:

-- A quarterly report published by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) includes equity holdings by institutional investment managers having equity assets under management of $100 million or more.
-- This category includes certain banks, insurance companies, investment advisers, investment companies, foundations and pension funds.
-- Visit the Web site of the SEC for further information about Target.

Thanks for shopping with us. I hope we'll see you again soon at Target.

Sincerely,

Issac
Target Guest Relations
www.target.com

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:02 am

After reading this response from Target my Uncle emailed me back and thanked me for straightening him out. He said he liked shopping at Target and thanks to me he would continue shopping there. He also said he would pass on my email to all those that he forwarded that bogus email to.

As I told my Uncle, I am just sick of this bullshit internet lying that is going on and since there is enough unjustice in the world, we don't need to contribute anymore to it.