[StBernard] Who Owns Target Stores?

[Westley Annis]

Who Owns Target Stores 

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 F rance be today? 


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

Sincerely, 
Dick Forrey 
Veterans Helping Veterans 


Please send this on to everyone you know 
to let Target know 
we don't need them either ! 




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