Community Giving: Safe Families & Communities
Target Safe Families & Communities
At Target, we know that strong communities begin with strong families and safe homes, so we're committed to funding programs that work to strengthen families. We sponsor national organizations aimed at three core areas – family violence prevention, disaster preparedness and relief and safeness.
Key National Partners
Target works with national social service partners that have the expertise and broad reach to foster safe families and communities throughout the country, which includes organizations such as the United Way, The Salvation Army, America Red Cross, and America’s Second Harvest.
United Way
Target has supported the United Way since our first store opened in 1962. In 2007, Target and individual team members invested in their communities by donating more than $12.5 million to local United Way organizations across the country.
The Salvation Army
Target and The Salvation Army work together in many ways throughout the year, including grants to local chapters, volunteerism and in-kind donations to help those that need it most. In addition, Target has an ongoing partnership with The Salvation Army to support their disaster relief efforts in communities across the country by providing in-kind donations, pre-positioned products and the Family Preparedness Guide. In an effort to support those in need during the 2007 holiday season, Target donated $1 million dollars, hosted a shopping spree for children, and offered a holiday angel ornament and compilation CD with profits donated to The Salvation Army.
Family Violence Prevention
Target sponsors hundreds of organizations across the country each year that provide programs and services aimed at preventing or reducing the cycle of family violence, such as Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. An additional partner includes:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Target has supported the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s twenty-four-hour-mission to provide crisis intervention, safe planning and support for more than 19,500 calls a month since the very first call in 1996. Target’s involvement has included funding operations, advocates and services for the hearing-impaired, and supporting the renovation of the Hotline facilities and sponsoring the November 2007 grand re-opening of the Austin, Texas call center, which has been expanded to ensure that the NDVH can continue to provide callers with exceptional service.
Disaster Preparedness and Relief
Target has a long-standing commitment to providing funds, in-kind merchandise and volunteer support for disaster preparedness, and relief and recovery efforts, by partnering with national organizations, including America’s Second Harvest and The Salvation Army. An additional partner includes:
American Red Cross
Target has a long-standing commitment to the ongoing relief efforts of the American Red Cross, donating funds and in-kind merchandise, as well as providing volunteer hours in times of need. Relief efforts include support of the Hurricane Katrina, the California Wildfires, and tragic 35W bridge collapse in the Twin Cities.
Safeness
Target actively supports law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to build stronger, safer and more vibrant communities across the country through programs such as National Night Out, Safe City, and the Law Enforcement Grant Program.
National Association of Town Watch
As part of Target’s commitment to creating safer and healthier communities, Target has partnered with the National Association of Town Watch to be the exclusive national partner of National Night Out (NNO) since 2004. Held on the first Tuesday each August since 1983, NNO is designed to educate communities in the areas of drug and crime prevention and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Target's partnership helps underwrite the costs associated with making this program available to more than 35 million people in over 11,000 communities nationwide. This year marks NNO's 25th anniversary.
Safe City
Target has helped expand Safe City, a Target & BLUE initiative that was developed by Target Asset Protection to unite law enforcement and local businesses in a plan to reduce crime and build safer communities. Safe City utilizes a combination of technology and information-sharing tools to empower citizens and achieve results. Target has been instrumental in helping launch this program in metro areas across the country, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Orlando and more.
Key National Partners
Target works with national social service partners that have the expertise and broad reach to foster safe families and communities throughout the country, which includes organizations such as the United Way, The Salvation Army, America Red Cross, and America’s Second Harvest.
United Way
Target has supported the United Way since our first store opened in 1962. In 2007, Target and individual team members invested in their communities by donating more than $12.5 million to local United Way organizations across the country.
The Salvation Army
Target and The Salvation Army work together in many ways throughout the year, including grants to local chapters, volunteerism and in-kind donations to help those that need it most. In addition, Target has an ongoing partnership with The Salvation Army to support their disaster relief efforts in communities across the country by providing in-kind donations, pre-positioned products and the Family Preparedness Guide. In an effort to support those in need during the 2007 holiday season, Target donated $1 million dollars, hosted a shopping spree for children, and offered a holiday angel ornament and compilation CD with profits donated to The Salvation Army.
Family Violence Prevention
Target sponsors hundreds of organizations across the country each year that provide programs and services aimed at preventing or reducing the cycle of family violence, such as Prevent Child Abuse America and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. An additional partner includes:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Target has supported the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s twenty-four-hour-mission to provide crisis intervention, safe planning and support for more than 19,500 calls a month since the very first call in 1996. Target’s involvement has included funding operations, advocates and services for the hearing-impaired, and supporting the renovation of the Hotline facilities and sponsoring the November 2007 grand re-opening of the Austin, Texas call center, which has been expanded to ensure that the NDVH can continue to provide callers with exceptional service.
Disaster Preparedness and Relief
Target has a long-standing commitment to providing funds, in-kind merchandise and volunteer support for disaster preparedness, and relief and recovery efforts, by partnering with national organizations, including America’s Second Harvest and The Salvation Army. An additional partner includes:
American Red Cross
Target has a long-standing commitment to the ongoing relief efforts of the American Red Cross, donating funds and in-kind merchandise, as well as providing volunteer hours in times of need. Relief efforts include support of the Hurricane Katrina, the California Wildfires, and tragic 35W bridge collapse in the Twin Cities.
Safeness
Target actively supports law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to build stronger, safer and more vibrant communities across the country through programs such as National Night Out, Safe City, and the Law Enforcement Grant Program.
National Association of Town Watch
As part of Target’s commitment to creating safer and healthier communities, Target has partnered with the National Association of Town Watch to be the exclusive national partner of National Night Out (NNO) since 2004. Held on the first Tuesday each August since 1983, NNO is designed to educate communities in the areas of drug and crime prevention and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Target's partnership helps underwrite the costs associated with making this program available to more than 35 million people in over 11,000 communities nationwide. This year marks NNO's 25th anniversary.
Safe City
Target has helped expand Safe City, a Target & BLUE initiative that was developed by Target Asset Protection to unite law enforcement and local businesses in a plan to reduce crime and build safer communities. Safe City utilizes a combination of technology and information-sharing tools to empower citizens and achieve results. Target has been instrumental in helping launch this program in metro areas across the country, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Orlando and more.
