I remember an elderly team member in one of my old stores that fell ill on Friday, was hospitalize on Sat and died on Monday. Our STL (best one ever) called on other stores for support help so anyone who wanted could attend her funeral. There was a sea of red and khaki. Her family, which was large, were very grateful to know that we cared so much about this wonderful woman. Another great thing was all of the regular guests(customers) that actually came to the funeral as well. At that store we were a large family. That atmosphere came directly from the STL. He always made sure to know something about each team member. We had baby showers, wedding showers, graduation parties all in the break room. We also had support circles for team members that were going through trying times with illness, family illness, life changes etc. Sadly that family atmosphere is no where to be found in the store I am currently in. I wanted to send a card, signed by all of the team members in my work area, to a guy who had surgery and would be out for at least 2 months. I was shot down because if we don't do it for all team members we can't do it for one. So I bought a card, had the team members sign it and sent it on my own. For some team members Target is their family. We need to recognize that