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Home Depot responds to criticism
"Praising Jesus" wrote in message ... AFA Action Alert! Home Depot responds to criticism July 29, 2003 "We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot See? Your tempest in a teacup has faded to insignificance. If you had waited 24 hours for clarification you wouldn't have had to make a fool of yourself in public. -- Ernie |
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Thanks Mike for raising the issue and also making us aware of the response.
Home Depot's statement today sounds very reasonable to me. - Galen "Praising Jesus" wrote in message ... AFA Action Alert! Home Depot responds to criticism July 29, 2003 "We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot In response to an AFA Action Alert on July 28, Home Depot says it does not discriminate against churches or Christians in its corporate giving policy. According to Douglas Zacker, Manager of External Affairs, "The Home Depot does not adhere to a policy that automatically rejects faith-based organizations. We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements. We regret any miscommunication about our giving policies." AFA criticized Home Depot after a store manager rejected a small donation request by Special Youth Challenge Ministries (SYC) in Dallas, Georgia. SYC is a national volunteer ministry that grants requests from terminally ill and handicapped youth in the field of shooting and hunting. The manager told SYC, "We will not donate any funds to any church or Christian ministry." Zacker said the manager's comment was a mischaracterization of the corporate policy. Zacker has promised to investigate the issue thoroughly. Zacker said Habitat For Humanity is a good example of their policy. "They are a faith-based organization, but building affordable housing is within our giving guidelines," he said. According to the policy, for example, if a church men's group requested a lumber donation to build playground equipment at the church, the group would not qualify. However, if the same men's group requested the donation to build playground equipment at the local park, the request would be considered because it helps youth at risk and benefits the entire community. "We appreciate Home Depot clarifying their policy," said AFA chairman Don Wildmon. "Home Depot has assured us the policy is equal to all faiths. I do think this clarification will help local store managers better understand the corporate position." ACTION NEEDED AFA thanks you for taking action on this issue. No further action is needed. |
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Careful! The bleeding hearts tend to rely on the fact that if you criticize
them you are "Un American, Un Godly and most probably a devil worshipper"! Better to donate to the SBUPR - Society for the Benefit of Underpriviledged Raccoons. As usual, all the ranting and raving has resulted in absolutely nothing of use. vgb "Ernie Jurick" wrote in message ... "Praising Jesus" wrote in message ... AFA Action Alert! Home Depot responds to criticism July 29, 2003 "We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot See? Your tempest in a teacup has faded to insignificance. If you had waited 24 hours for clarification you wouldn't have had to make a fool of yourself in public. -- Ernie |
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Mekon responds:
Who the hell is AFA? I can think of a few words that fit that acronym..... It's American Family Association with Donald Wildmon as the leader. Ordained UM minister who says he decided in '77 to roll back things to the good old days when kids could watch TV without seeing adultery, violence, etc. In the process, he's done his best to remove a great many freedoms, and has had absolutely no affect whatsoever on TV violence or sexual content. My own memories of '77 indicate that Donny is losing badly. My reading of his tracts indicates that his tactics are not any I feel will work, or that I approve of. Personally, I feel he's like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton: he's found himself a niche where he can make big bucks and he's hanging on tooth and nail. Google him yourself and make your decision. Charlie Self "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'." Dan Quayle |
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"Mekon" wrote in message news "Jonny Durango" wrote in message news:9qGVa.15784$YN5.13521@sccrnsc01... Who the hell is AFA? I can think of a few words that fit that acronym..... LOL! -- Ernie |
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Home Depot responds to criticism
"Praising God" wrote in message ... "Praising Jesus" wrote in message ... AFA Action Alert! Home Depot responds to criticism July 29, 2003 "We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot Thank God this was cleared up. Now lets deal with the issue of who we should praise? Start with Home Depot. -- Ernie |
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Praising Jesus writes:
Nothing was in error in the first post. The manager said what he said. The store has taken a different position, after the fact, and is investigating. ---Mike "TexasFireGuy" wrote in message m... Maybe you should have gotten your **** straight before you misspoke in your original post. "Praising Jesus" wrote in message ... AFA Action Alert! Home Depot responds to criticism July 29, 2003 "We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based organizations that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot In response to an AFA Action Alert on July 28, Home Depot says it does not discriminate against churches or Christians in its corporate giving policy. Yeah, there was an error. The error was you and your buddy Wildman taking the response of a single store manager as corporate policy, a typical Wildman over-reaction. How many stores does HD have? That single store manager does not set policy for the group, and may well have been ignoring corporate policy because of his personal feelings about AFA and anything related to it. Charlie Self "The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants." George W. Bush |
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