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January 27, 2013
2 people found this review helpful
We started receiving phone calls from AICR several months ago. Three or four calls per day, including weekends and holidays. Ignoring calls didn't stop them...telling them we are not interested did not stop them...telling them that we were unable to participate in collecting funds did not stop the phone calls. Some of the calls come very early in the morning and late at night. People suffering from CA do not need to be distrubed over and over. There are legitimate organizations that conduct research and provide services to CA patients. This does not appear to be one of them.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization?
No
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
September 5, 2012
4 people found this review helpful
These people are scam artists who call from different numbers in the 202 area code. Do not donate.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization?
No
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
August 1, 2012
3 people found this review helpful
The AICR earned a rating of zero as a charity. However, based on the fact that I get at least one robo call per day from their "boiler shop" they certainly are a 5 star telephone spammer.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Eliminate bothersome and perhaps illegal robo calling. The FCC should shut this outfit down.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization?
No
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
None
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
March 26, 2012
7 people found this review helpful
My husband recently received the "Thanks for volunteering" postcard followed by the "Volunteer Packet," which led to my research. He is not going to solicit neighbors (especially since he doesn't remember signing up for it). Plan to notify them by mail that he will not be doing it. Will post more if we hear from them again.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization?
No
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
A little
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
July 17, 2011
12 people found this review helpful
Two days ago I received a packet from this organization with the following on the front address page:
HERE'S THE OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER KIT YOU REQUESTED!
I did not request a volunteer kit nor have I talked to them about one, ever, as far as I know. I think there is a similar charity in Wash DC I had contact with some time ago, but it called itself Breast Cancer Research or the like and I opted out in writing.
In any case this type of mailing, unsolicited and across state lines must constitute some sort of violation - or many.
Can't say it's fraud, but it comes close.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have had no experience with them except for this unsolicited and frankly brash mailing.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Stop this type of mailing immediately.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization?
No
How did you learn about this organization?
Never heard of it before.
June 7, 2011
11 people found this review helpful
These people conned my elderly mother on a fixed income into giving a donation regularly because my wife died of lung cancer. My mother thought she was donating to research on cures for cancer and AICR is not that.
My mother has not contributed anymore for more than a year and does not want to.
They will not stop harassing her on the phone. Every single day they call, I put their number on the blocked calls list with my phone company and the next day they call from a different number.
This is a scumbag, disrespectful tactic.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Their telephone harassment.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would respect people who decline to donate further.
April 6, 2010
15 people found this review helpful
This organization uses the telephone for soliciting donations in an unscrupulous manner. My mother-in-law receives daily calls from theam (different numbers, but registered to AICR). When she answers, there is no one on the line. I did some research on the Internet to find out who was calling her, as she is elderly, and it really spooks her to get these calls. It was easy to find the answer on the Internet, because, it seems, the experience is widespread. My mother-in-law is on the "do not call list," by the way. That is a really bad use of money for a charitable organization- repeatedly calling people on the "do not call list" to get money from them.
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
discourteous in using the telephone.
Ways to make it better...
They would not call people on the "do not call list."
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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