I understand where you're coming from. If someone does want to donate to a charity, make sure you do it as anonymously as possible! Never provide any kind of legitimate contact information or they will hound you like a swarm of mosquitoes.
I ran into this problem with Habitat for Humanity. Before Caller ID and when answering machines recorded on tape, a caller would call every day at about the same time and hang up at a point where my answering machine would run the tape to the end with nothing on it, preventing any legitimate callers from leaving a message. One day I was home from work early and at the time of the mystery calls the phone rang - it was Habitat for Humanity who I had donated to just a couple of weeks earlier. I made it clear that their calls were unwelcome, and lo and behold the "mystery calls" stopped.
NEVER give any charity your contact information! They will hound you day in and day out!
I could not get through to have my number removed. I got the message "If you want more info, press 1" and then a busy signal. How did you get through the automated system to have your number removed?
First call my wife said we were not interested and she hung up. She didn't answer the next two. They left no message. Then I answered not knowing she had dealt with them. They talked me into giving out pamphlets. After talking to my wife, I am going to send them back. Just don't know what legit this organization is.
AICR calls about every 4-5 days. tonight (8/24), 8/21 (twice), 8/15, 8/11 - these are just for the last 2 weeks. They call WAY early in the morning and sometimes pretty late at night. When I answer, I don't usually get a response, but I hear noise in the background.