I am too fed up with people calling me on the phone and knocking on the door for donation. There are 40,000 registered charitable organizations in Canada. How many can you give? Everyone at the door or on the phone has different stories that need money to help. Some said dogs need shelters, kids need to go to a trip, and one girl told me her brother was missing some year ago, since then she has set up an organization to help finding missing child, and she need the money to keep it going. Everone come with a title, you hardly have time to write down their organization's name for verification, and then they are gone with your donation money.
Based on my experience, I found reputable charity organizations will not ask for donation through the phone or knocking on your door without prior notice. They generally send out donation letter to people. For now, I only give donation to United way, and Cancer Society.
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