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Re: Paris

Posted By: jim w
Date: Friday, 4 November 2005, at 8:45 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Paris (Capt. Dick Dean)

Subject: Fw: Target 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 MemorialWall 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 to have their profits sent to France. Without the American Vets, where would France be today?"

Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans

Please send this on to everyone you know to let Target know
how AMERICAN'S feel about their non-support of America and our support of them.

Messages In This Thread

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Rawleigh -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 10:56 a.m.

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Russ -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 11:29 a.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 2:47 p.m.

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Russ -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 3:21 p.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 4:47 p.m.

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Russ -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 4:55 p.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 5:21 p.m.

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Russ -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 6:56 p.m.

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bruce -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 7:14 p.m.

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andre fourrier-Louisiana -- Thursday, 3 November 2005, at 9:55 p.m.

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bruce -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 7:00 a.m.

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White Bear -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 7:55 a.m.

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CMP -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 8:38 a.m.

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randall -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 9:26 a.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 10:33 a.m.

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CMP -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 11:07 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 11:15 a.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 2:42 p.m.

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Capt. Dick Dean -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 5:33 p.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 7:29 p.m.

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jim w -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 8:45 p.m.

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randall -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 10:07 p.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Friday, 4 November 2005, at 10:46 p.m.

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jim w -- Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 7:27 a.m.

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Russ -- Saturday, 5 November 2005, at 9:04 a.m.

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andre fourrier-Louisiana -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 12:11 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 7 November 2005, at 11:31 a.m.