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For years, we’ve donated funds and volunteer hours to local and national veteran and military organizations that align with our areas of focus: education, social service and the arts. Read on to learn about the organizations, events and programs we sponsor.

Veteran’s Day 2010
On November 11, Target brought together more than 1,000 team members and Mission Continues volunteers for a day of service and remembrance. Volunteering in 11 schools in 11 different cities, each team worked toward the same goal - to build an America where every returning veteran can serve again as a citizen leader, and where together we honor the fallen by living their values through service.

Veterans and Target team members truly worked as a team assisting one another with all needs. - James S. Peterson, Sewell’s Point Assistant Principal
United Through Reading Military Program
We provide annual support to this program, which helps keep military families connected by having deployed parents read aloud to their children on DVD.

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Our Military Kids
Target proudly partners with Our Military Kids, providing grants to children of deployed and severely injured National Guard and Military Reserve personnel.

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Civic Enterprises
Target offered program support to Civic Enterprises, which conducted groundbreaking research on veterans returning from the war, and how volunteerism can ease their transitions home.

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Operation Gratitude
Volunteers from Target stores and distribution centers participate in Operation Gratitude’s annual Holiday Drive, assembling care packages for troops stationed overseas.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars: Voice of Democracy
Target is a national sponsor of this $3 million scholarship competition in which students record a broadcast script based on a patriotic theme. Local VFWs judge the competition, which culminates in a Target-sponsored trip to Washington, D.C.

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The American Legion
After members of Camp Keating in Afghanistan were attacked by Taliban-allied militants, Target worked with the American Legion to provide supplies and donations.

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Support for Our Military
We're proud to provide extensive resources and services to Target team members with a connection to our nation’s military.

Military Service Network
This internal social network for Target team members offers outreach, resources and support to soldiers and family members before, during and after deployment.

Reservist Pay and Benefits
Target provides benefits for activated reservists that surpass those required by law—including pay differential and optional medical coverage for dependents.

Target Corporation
Type Public
Traded as NYSE: TGT
Industry Retail
Founded 1902 (as Dayton Dry Goods)[1]
1969 (as Dayton-Hudson)[2]
2000 (as Target)[3]
Founder(s) George Dayton
Headquarters Target Plaza North & Target Plaza South
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Number of locations 1,750 (January 2011)[4]
Area served United States
(except Vermont)
Canada
Key people Gregg Steinhafel
(Chairman, President and CEO)
Revenue US$ 67.390 billion (FY 2010)[4]
Operating income US$ 43.705 billion (FY 2010)[4]
Net income US$ 2.920 billion (FY 2009)[4]
Total assets US$ 44.533 billion (FY 2010)[4]
Total equity US$ 15.487 billion (FY 2010)[4]
Employees 355,000 (FY 2010)[4]
Website Target.com

Target Corporation, often called Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart.[5][6] The company is ranked at number 30 on the Fortune 500 as of 2010[update] and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Its bullseye trademark is licensed to Wesfarmers, owners of the separate Target Australia chain.

The company was founded in 1902 as the Dayton Dry Goods Company, though the its first Target store was opened in 1962 in nearby Roseville. Target grew and eventually became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in 2000. On January 13, 2011, Target announced its expansion into Canada. Target will operate 100 to 150 stores in Canada by 2013, through its purchase of leaseholds from the Canadian chain Zellers.

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