Comments on: Update on Sears’ Heroes At Home Program

By: marie

marie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:06:03 +0000

well sure military families do get a card, but true again Sears is the one making money on this, yes it’s a win/loose situation. People donate to Sears sears issues a sears card in return, who gets the money? well sears does. Sears should give a pre paid cc card instead of giving a sears card.
And like all non proffit they get some of it before it’s issued, have to pay for the cards have to pay for the time vested and so on. It’s a shame

By: Amber Erwin

Amber Erwin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:02:24 +0000

I recieved help last year and it helped a ton! and i’ve been trying to apply our family all day and the page isnt loading for me! I really would love to get our application in! Please help!!

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:15:18 +0000

Molly, I respectfully disagree. Your husband’s service deserves special recognition and appreciation, but many companies cater specifically to active duty troops for a reason. While your husband was active duty, he enjoyed benefits that veterans don’t. Now, he’s one of those veterans. Most companies give discounts to active duty military, but if all veterans qualified for promotions like this, it would negate the effects. The money collected for this program is split equally, so you can imagine how little would be able to be provided to active duty troops if more than twice the number were eligible.

Please pass along my gratitude to your husband for his service. And thank you for standing by him!

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:39:36 +0000

My hubby is a US Army Veteran and we are not qualified becasue he isnt active duty anymore but he been to Iraq, So i think all veterans should be qualified!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:48:58 +0000

I’m so upset I missed it this year our family needed it so bad can someone tell me when they open up again please?

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:09:57 +0000

I registered for it this year and have found the program (so far) to be reliable and legit. My husband is currently deployed, but will come home in time for Christmas to presents I will be able to buy with the Sears program. I am thankful for it.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:13:57 +0000

Great program. While some see it as a scam because Sears is making money on the deal.. who cares. Helped me buy my family gifts last year before I went to Afghanistan. Who cares is Sears makes some extra profit?! Haters.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:38:56 +0000

My family received money last year from sears as well as 4 other people I know personally. We got it in two separate gift cards. No scam here.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:03:11 +0000

Maureen…

I work at a Sears store and have seen customers come in with the Gift Certificates to use. They bought appliances, clothes, whatever was needed. One of the customers had a Gift Cert for almost $1000.

There is no commercial profit for the program.
There is NO expiration date on the Gift Cert for the funds available. Use them till they are gone.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:02:31 +0000

Like CJ I also benefited from this program last year. I wanted to get into it again this year but I missed the deadline to register. I received somewhere around $250 from Sears last year and think that this program and Sears is awesome. The gift card that I got from Sears I still have money on it, and still use it. I came across this article when I was doing a search of how much money the service members got this year from the program. While I am sure that there are some scams out there that surrounds this, the actual program that Sears has is totally legit. Thanks Sears and I will be more timely with my registration next year!!!