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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Avoid Target Stores, aka the Grinch
  • Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:54:25 -0500


On Nov 19, 2004, at 10:51 AM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
The protests and calls for boycotts over this amount to nothing less than
extortion and Target should not cave in.


Snopes.com, the urban legend site, has an interesting take on the topic:

[Not only is the corporation one of the most generous business entities in the U.S., routinely topping Forbes magazine's list of "America's Most Philanthropic Companies," it donates to veteran-related causes, including exhibits like the one it was pilloried over its supposedly having given the cold shoulder.]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/sallyann.asp

On their website Target claims to give $2 million dollars a week to charity, and claim to have been giving 5% of taxable income to charity since 1946:

http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/index.jhtml? content=target%5ffcg%5ffindex

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michael at czeiszperger dot org
Chapel Hill, NC





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