http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston_daily/2007/12/03/be-a-scofflaw-help-a-child/ Just another www.bostonmagazine.com weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 /boston_daily/2007/12/03/be-a-scofflaw-help-a-child/#comment-3263 Ashley Smith Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:56:36 +0000 /boston_daily/2007/12/03/be-a-scofflaw-help-a-child/#comment-3263 As the Director of Communications for Family Dollar, as well as, one of the sponsors for the Toys for Tots program at our Corporate Office, I must say I am very offended by the sentence "Offenders can’t get away with donating some lame toy from Family Dollar..." Our stores are constantly focused on providing great everyday products at low prices for the convenience of our customers, and with that comes value! We have a number of great toys including Bratz Dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, as well as, many other major brand names like Mattel and Playskool. Yes - these toys are offered at low prices, that may or may not equal the cost of a parking ticket, but that does not mean the toy is "lame." It just means that it may not be sufficient for the "crime." The concept is wonderful and I applaud your efforts to raise toys for children, but I ask that next time you write up a story, please pay careful attention to your choice of words because great value on great toys does not equal "lame." As the Director of Communications for Family Dollar, as well as, one of the sponsors for the Toys for Tots program at our Corporate Office, I must say I am very offended by the sentence “Offenders can’t get away with donating some lame toy from Family Dollar…” Our stores are constantly focused on providing great everyday products at low prices for the convenience of our customers, and with that comes value! We have a number of great toys including Bratz Dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, as well as, many other major brand names like Mattel and Playskool. Yes - these toys are offered at low prices, that may or may not equal the cost of a parking ticket, but that does not mean the toy is “lame.” It just means that it may not be sufficient for the “crime.” The concept is wonderful and I applaud your efforts to raise toys for children, but I ask that next time you write up a story, please pay careful attention to your choice of words because great value on great toys does not equal “lame.”

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