Target Stores give boot to Salvation Army - Valley poorer for it - Laurie Roberts The Arizona Republic
Target gives boot to Salvation Army; Valley poorer for it
Target gives boot to Salvation Army; Valley poorer for it
Oct. 20, 2004 12:00 AM
Laurie Roberts The Arizona Republic
They are there in Uganda, helping people whose lives have been ravaged by a civil war that has lasted a generation. They are there in Haiti, helping people dig out from hurricanes that killed more than 1,000 people this summer and left thousands more with nothing.
They are there in 109 countries and in 9,000 U.S. communities, helping the poor and the brokenhearted, the young and the old, the addicted and the abused.
Everywhere you look, the Salvation Army is there. Everywhere, that is, but Target.
This Christmas, the retail giant has decided that there is no room for the charity's signature red kettles in front of its stores. The bells, for so long the signal that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, have been silenced.
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Major George Hood, the Salvation Army's national spokesman, said the hit nationwide will be $9 million. Target is the second-largest collection point for the red kettles, behind Wal-Mart.
Target gives boot to Salvation Army; Valley poorer for it
Oct. 20, 2004 12:00 AM
Laurie Roberts The Arizona Republic
They are there in Uganda, helping people whose lives have been ravaged by a civil war that has lasted a generation. They are there in Haiti, helping people dig out from hurricanes that killed more than 1,000 people this summer and left thousands more with nothing.
They are there in 109 countries and in 9,000 U.S. communities, helping the poor and the brokenhearted, the young and the old, the addicted and the abused.
Everywhere you look, the Salvation Army is there. Everywhere, that is, but Target.
This Christmas, the retail giant has decided that there is no room for the charity's signature red kettles in front of its stores. The bells, for so long the signal that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, have been silenced.
...
Major George Hood, the Salvation Army's national spokesman, said the hit nationwide will be $9 million. Target is the second-largest collection point for the red kettles, behind Wal-Mart.
