FROM VETERANS HELPING VETERANS TARGET STORES ARE NOW IN CANADA, SINCE MARCH OR APRIL OF 2013. THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ZELLERS STORES. TARGET IS LOOKING FOR NEW AREAS AS THEY ARE GETTING A VERY BAD RECEPTION IN THE U.S. Target Stores What a surprise! Wasnt 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 all during our Spring recognition event. Remember, there are also Canadians occupying space on these walls. 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 font-size: 10.5pt;> 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...Thats 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.. If TARGET cannot support American (or Canadian) Veterans, then why should my family and I support their stores by spending our hard earned American or Canadian dollars in their stores??? DONT SHOP AT TARGET STORES IN CANADA, US OR FRANCE THANKS FOR PASSING THIS MESSAGE ON
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:11:55 +0000