"We asked our local Target 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 not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the areas 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 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” during the holidays."
Snopes covered this one, although I can’t seem to link directly to individual entries. It’s under the icon named “Inboxer Rebellion” (third row down, third from the left) under “Boycotts.” The story is true in its basics, but with a hefty load of spin.
It’s called charity because it’s voluntary. Corporations, like individuals, have a limited budget for charity. They choose a charity other than you. That doesn’t mean that they dislike veterans, it’s just not the issue that they focus on.
Go ahead and vote with your dollars, that’s the beauty of capitalism.
Miller, to link to individual Snopes stories you have to Copy and Paste the URL from the bottom of the story–it’ll say, “The URL for this story is such-and-such”.
Is it really to much to ask that a poster do just a modicum of intelligent research before lambasting somebody in the pit? Is that too heavy a burden to place on somebody? And thanks to all the dopers who posted before me about the truth of the matter. Except Captain Amazing. The hampsters hate him.
Mothchunks, did you recieve this tidbit via e-mail? If you did, could you please respond to everyone it was sent to with the debunking information listed above? Ignorance is one thing, but slander is another. Some jerk had a grudge and he turned it into spam mail against a corporation that actually does donate a sh*tload of money to charaties.
