FEF: We got the email “Goodbye Target” emailed to us, just like the rest of America. But we wanted to know if there was any truth to the charges against them before adding it to this site.
THERE ISN’T. IT IS FALSE!
We just googled Target Ownership and it sent us to TruthorFiction.com on the subject. So hey guys, before we continue ruin a company, or a person, or anything else, let’s check out the facts and stop sending out libelous emails.
We’ve listed here the disclaimer on the email from TruthorFiction.com, as well as the libelous email it disclaimed below.
Target Stores Won’t Fund Veterans Projects-Fiction!
Target Stores are Owned by the French-Fiction!
Target Stores Won’t Allow Collections for the Marine’s Toys For Tots Campaigns-Fiction!
Target Stores Won’t Allow Reservists Called for Active Duty to Maintain Insurance-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor
There are different messages urging you to avoid buying anything at Target stores because the company turned down a request for funds for a Vietnam veterans memorial wall, is owned by the French, won’t allow collections for Toys For Tots at Christmas, and won’t give reservists call for active military duty continued health insurance coverage.
The Truth
This is quite an assault on Target stores and is becoming an example of how a rumor can mushroom and pick up momentum along the way.
It started with a man named Dick Forrey.
He is listed as being with Howard County Vietnam Veterans in the state of Indiana.
He says that he did have the experiences both with the local Target store and the Target corporate offices as is described in one of the stories and did originate an email expressing his displeasure.
It is not true, however, that Target categorically refuses to fund Veteran’s projects and even Forrey is upset with how large this eRumor has spread.
The Target company is sending a written response to people who inquire about the Forrey story that says that Target gives $2 million per week in the communities where stores are located. The Target letter says a veteran (referring to Forrey) approached a local store in March, 2002 for a $100 donation to a “moving wall” project. The response says that any donations by local stores are not in cash but in gift certificates or volunteer time. Cash is given by the corporate office and in response to official requests for grants. The letter says that the veteran who asked for the donation should have been given grant information from the store, but was not. The Target response also says that the company makes donations in three general areas: education, arts and family violence prevention. The company is happy to donate to any veterans causes that would fit within those guidelines. So while it’s true that donations would not be given to a veterans project per se, they would be given if the veterans project is within the guidelines.
Regarding Target’s ownership, the company is on record as a U.S. firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and always has been.
There is no foreign ownership in its past or present that we’ve been able to find or been presented with evidence about.
Regarding benefits for reservists on active duty, this has been a big issue since so many reservists were called in for service in the Middle East and the National Committee for Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve has been a watchdog of companies and how they treat reservists.
They list target in the “Outstanding Employer” category which means it has “gone above and beyond the requirements of the law in support of their National Guard and Reserve employees.”
So how did such a completely false email come into being?
It’s easy to suspect a conspiracy or organized effort against Target but from our viewpoint this appears to have gotten started with the Dick Forrey letter and as others read it and got angry over it, they added other false charges in order to stack the deck.
Here’s The False, Slanderous Email…FEF added the False Accussations!!! remarks.
FEF: We suggest that if you receive this email, you attach the TruthorFiction.com clarification to it and send it back to everybody on the list. That’s what we’re doing…and we never forward emails, but this needs to stop!
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. FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
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.
FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the TARGET U.S. Corporate
Headquarters and their response was the same.
That’s their national policy
FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
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, TARGET
is a French-owned corporation. FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
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. FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
Without the American
Vets, where would
France be today?
FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
‘They, most likely would be speaking German and trading in Deutsch
Marks’
Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans
Please send this on to everyone you know
to let Target know
we don’t need them either
FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!
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