treasurymae
06-18-2003, 07:25 AM
VIETNAM VETERANS ASSOCIATION by Dick Forrey
We asked our local Tagret store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply
from Target management that "veterans do no meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arreas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education."
My thought: if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same. Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target stores again. If the Vietnam veteran or veterans in general do not meet
their area of giving, then why should I as a Vietnam veteran spend my hard
earned money in their stores?
Sincerely, Veterans Helping Veterans
PS: Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys for Tots". Target is French owned, what would you expect?
Please pass this on to as many people as you know!!!!!!!
Has anyone else heard about this...? I got it in my email today.
We asked our local Tagret store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply
from Target management that "veterans do no meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arreas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education."
My thought: if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same. Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target stores again. If the Vietnam veteran or veterans in general do not meet
their area of giving, then why should I as a Vietnam veteran spend my hard
earned money in their stores?
Sincerely, Veterans Helping Veterans
PS: Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys for Tots". Target is French owned, what would you expect?
Please pass this on to as many people as you know!!!!!!!
Has anyone else heard about this...? I got it in my email today.