Target stores are the target of email smear campaign

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Rose

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I dno't know if this is Real World or Loony Bin worthy. *shrugs*


There's an email going around about how Target doesn't support Veterans. I've deleted my copy, but I'll try to find a copy of the email to post here.

Anyway, I receive an email from my father in reply to the Target email. Here is what he says:

I am disappointed in all of you who forward this type of garbage without checking into these stupid e-mails. If this is all you got to do take me off your mailing list...

Retired MSGT Kenneth R Xxxxxxx
read the following attachment. I contacted Target



Dear Kenneth,

Thank you for contacting Target Stores to inquire about our support of
veterans.

Unfortunately, Target has been the victim of a lengthy e-mail smear
campaign initiated by a person who didn't receive a donation that he
requested. Thise-mail campaign grossly misrepresents our support of
veterans. Due to the nature of the Internet and e-mail communication, this
false information has taken on a life of its own and been perpetuated and
modified many times by unknown writers. The National Veterans of Foreign
Wars posted a press release on their Web site on December 6, 2002 to help
clarify this issue and show their support of Target at
press release

Target is owned by Target Corporation, a company based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota since it's founding by George Dayton in 1902. Our company has
supported many charitable causes throughout its history, and that includes
veterans organizations. For years, Target has donated funds and volunteer
hours to local and national veteran and military organizations around the
country.

Charitable Giving Examples:
Target is a contributor to the World War II Memorial and a sponsor of the
national 2003 tour of "The Wall that Heals," a Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Fund outreach initiative that honors our veterans and has a strong
educational component for schools. For more information, please visit the
Web site at traveling wall

In addition to supporting veteran and military organizations on a national
scale, we also support local organizations, some of which include:

Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association in Jackson Heights, New York
Hays County Veterans in San Marcos, Texas
Kenny Nickelson Memorial Foundation for Homeless Veterans in Manhattan
Beach, California
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliaries in Allen Park, Michigan and Santa Fe
Springs, California
Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan
Department of the Army (Fort Hood, Texas)

Reservist Benefits:
Target Corporation is proud to count many veterans and military reservists
among its more than 300,000 team members nationwide. To help support these
team members, Target Corporation provides benefits for activated
reservists, including pay differential, that surpass those benefits
required by law. The Reserve Officers Association has recognized our
company for these benefits. The National Committee for Employer Support of
the Guard and Reserve also lists Target on their Web site at
reservist

Giving Policy:
Target gives to diverse causes that reflect all types of guests in a wide
variety of communities. While every cause is worthy, Target receives
thousands of grant requests every year and unfortunately is unable to grant
funds or partner with every organization. For more information that
describes the guidelines and the application process, visit any Target
store and ask for the grants brochure or go to target.com and click on
"Community Giving."

Thank you again for taking the time to inquire about this issue. We
appreciate your efforts to understand the situation instead of forwarding
misinformation without verification. We wholeheartedly support our veterans
and active duty personnel, and we appreciate the opportunity to personally
convey our commitment to you. Please share our information with anyone who
has contacted you about this issue.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Hanson
Group Team Leader
Target Guest Relations
www.target.com
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:D I love my dad. :D

Apparently this also made Snopes. I think I'll forward that page to dad.
 
Your Dad must be one heckuva guy, Rose. To take the time to find out the other side of the story instead of passing along misinformation shows his integrity. I have a LOT of respect for integrity.

:toast: :cool:
 
I love his first two lines, that's awesome! :banana:

My Dad used to send me stuff like that without checking it first and I gave him some resources to check the validity (like snopes) before he sends them. He loves it. So whenever we get any email like that from someone else, he always posts a retort with the Snopes info. :D
 
greenfreak said:
I love his first two lines, that's awesome! :banana:

My Dad used to send me stuff like that without checking it first and I gave him some resources to check the validity (like snopes) before he sends them. He loves it. So whenever we get any email like that from someone else, he always posts a retort with the Snopes info. :D
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I had to do the same thing with my mom, GF. I've tried to get my sister to check before she forwards stuff too, but since the universe revolves around her, she thinks it unlikely that anything she would do could be wrong.

Good letter, Rose. I don't even forward the ones that are legit (if there are any, I've never found one).
 
chcr said:
I had to do the same thing with my mom, GF. I've tried to get my sister to check before she forwards stuff too, but since the universe revolves around her, she thinks it unlikely that anything she would do could be wrong.
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:laugh: I've got one of those too but she doesn't use email much.
 
The missus fell in love with the SuperTarget just up the road from the campsite. Thank Gawd they don't have one here.
 
When at all possible (read: unless I have no choice whatsoever) I do not shop at Target. For anything. Period. I have my reasons.

I do not shop at WalMart either unless I absolutely have to, and with the exception of fishing supplies as that is the only and I do mean ONLY viable place here to get them. Otherwise, I do KMart or some other company. It is my fervent opinion that the Walton family may be the anti-Christ.

It helps that, as a general rule, I don't "need" as much stuff as a lot of folks think they "need". Now, me loving wife shops WalMart, but that's her business. She probably picks up stuff for the household there and I never know where it came from. I'm OK with that too. I just refuse to intentionally give those people any more of my money than is necessary.

It's a small boycott, and neither Target nor WalMart miss the loss of revenue from me one bit. But it makes me feel better.
 
Christina tried to give me crap one time about target being French-owned, and tried to use as evidence the fact that some people pronounce it "tar-zhay." I showed her the snopes page and of course it's bullshit because I found it on the internet.

Sometimes I almost miss her... then I remember shit like this.
 
Inkara1 said:
Christina tried to give me crap one time about target being French-owned, and tried to use as evidence the fact that some people pronounce it "tar-zhay." I showed her the snopes page and of course it's bullshit because I found it on the internet.

Sometimes I almost miss her... then I remember shit like this.
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Sure it is. J.C. "Pennay" too. :lloyd:
 
i call it tar-zhay...but that's a louisiana thing. we know it's not correct but all words that end in -et are pronounced with the -ay sound....when your cajun.
 
tonksy said:
i call it tar-zhay...but that's a louisiana thing. we know it's not correct but all words that end in -et are pronounced with the -ay sound....when your cajun.
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I never noticed that.
 
Professur said:
But you must have said something that ended in -et, sometime.
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like...crochet? :tardbang:
i do sat et like it's suppose to be in words like octet...i suppose i was referring to proper nouns.
 
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