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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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Target vs. Veterans:

Well everyone....I'm new to this "posting thing" but I just can't stay quiet any longer. A friend of mind was talking to a buddy of his recently and told him that a person of the Vietnam Veterans Association called TARGET and asked the store to be a proud sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Mermorial Wall. TARGET replied that: "Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay and lesbian causes and education."
I guess they no longer even 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. I really am upset about this and would like to do more research on this.
Any one out there have any suggestions.?
Guess I shouldn't get so upset but more and more things are falling apart and i'm getting darn tired of it.
Just steaming. Thanks for listening.
Frank
 
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 03:19 PM
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This was posted before and this link was submitted:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

I think it sheds a different light on the situation.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 05:51 PM
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Thanks JSKufan. I really appoligize. I shall get this to the people who are "mouthin"
Happy "Whatever"
 
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 06:14 PM
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Originally posted by Franklin J.59
Thanks JSKufan. I really appoligize. I shall get this to the people who are "mouthin"
Happy "Whatever"
I didn't want to sound like I was criticizing your post, I just remember reading this a couple of weeks ago. Welcome to FTE
 
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 06:25 PM
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I got that same thing in an email the other day. I posted it on another Ford site and they showed the same site explaining that it was false.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 06:28 PM
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Gotta love snopes
 
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 01:07 PM
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Just went to the link. Looks like some of those people requesting sponsorship need to learn how to follow the red tape trail. i'm surprised the veterns asso. didn't explain the proceedure.Targets policies seem reasonable to me.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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I just wonder who's got it in for Target. This thing comes up all the time, and everyone assumes it's true, because it's on the Internet. Hey, wait a minute- everyone assumes it's true...hmm...........

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