Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

December 11, 2006

Shop Sears...They Support the Troops

If you like to support businesses that support your values...and if you really DO support the troops...than you might want to consider shopping at Sears for some or all of your Christmas gifts this year. There's an e-mail making the rounds on the Internet making the claim that Sears does more than give lip service to its employees who are Reservists:

I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up...Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.

Suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.

According to Snopes.com, the official site for debunking Internet legends, it's true. Check out the story here.

By shopping at Sears, you make it possible for them to keep their promise to their employees who drop everything at a moment's notice in service to our country.

h/t: Jeanette