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first of all, don't beleive everything you read. secondly, if your intriqued about it, please do some more research before labeling an entity w/ libel an slander. thats unprofessional. I work for Target an I know we do a lot for our community but i also know some inside information about our organization. . we also do alot of social work. march is youth reading awarness month an we had in store employees reading to kids, going to schools to read. we do a visa credit program by which 1% of all purchases go to the k-12 school of our guest's choice.. we sponsor the Redcross, March of dimes, Salvation Army, Target house... we actually do a lot of things for giving back to the community...

but we can't do everything.

Target has decided not to tackle verteran affairs. I can assure you that this policy was in place long before 9/11 or GW II, (45 years I beleive) that's our choice just because a lot of extra paperwork, security, and personel goes into that specifically securing accouting practices, making sure collected donations are recorded and acurately accounted for. A Lot of paperwork that i'm sure i'm leaving out also.
depending on which location you go to (Target, SuperTarget, Marshalls, Mervyns..) each store is its own entitiy based on a coorporate design (store layout/design, products, policies, and community action/charity causes. but some of the cooporate policies are frequently changed jus due to overwhelming support from an area.

as far as charity goes. anybody can write a check, thats simple/albeit somewhat hollow sincerity. but to actually take the time to interact w/the community through service programs is greater in my opinion.

ps. we offer full benefits, competitive wages, for ALL employees