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 

 

TARGET U.S. and it 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,
Corporate Headquarters and their response
 

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