Save The Children Federation Inc

I didn’t want to donate. The sale people that approach you for donations on the street harass you. They say you have to give $ 20 a month. I sent two emails that I need to cancel with no reply. In fact while I was signing up i asked the girl how you cancel and she had no answer for me. .what does that tell you!!! This organization is a sma. I much prefer to save animals and i don’t want to give my money to this organization. Stop harassing people !!!

I canceled due to financial reasons and they have been harassing me through mail, email, and phone. It’s been two years of this as well and I can’t get away from it even if I tell them to take me off a list.

Crooks!!! If they are not, they have a very funny way of dealing with things!!!
Back in October, I had to run into Mother’s Market to grab some flour for my dog treats. I come out to be nearly blocked from getting through from one of the two people working for this company. She then rambled on about how many children are dying each day and asked how it was acceptable, etc. She then went to explain how they supposedly worked and said that I could help for just $ 1 a day!
While that is a good deal to help people in need, I did state that I was currently not working and could not do this. She then asked for 50 cents a day. Fine. Whatever. She then whipped out her tablet, took my info, phone number, address, even credit card. The whole shi-​bang! Based off other reviews, they do not take cash and I did not ask, but I can see why now. They can’t trap you that way.
I should have been smart and been like the lady who said she was on her lunch and darted off. I didn’t think.
I finally got out of this and left. I thought later about how I did not like how I was approached and blocked like I was, and did realize that I do need my money right now until things are back on track. I figured I would cancel later. (Yeah, good luck!)
Well a week or so later my bank decided to send me a new card with that annoying chip. (Do these work? I hope so). Well, with it being a whole new number, I guess I did not have to worry about this place. Wrong!
So they could not take my payment automatically, and I received an email that they would contact me by phone and email. Whatever. Most «charities» leave you alone once they can’t get payment.
Not these guys. They actually had the nerve to send me a statement with a PAST DUE amount, and a current amount. WHAT? I have never had a «charity» try to debt collect like you owe them on a bill. I wrote them a very frustrated email, explained how this is wrong, that I was not working, and to cancel my account. I felt this was harassment now, as if it wasn’t with the way they started this.
A few months go by, no response. However, I did receive a new bill. $ 45 past due, $ 60 due now. Excuse me??? What kind of «charity» is this??? I wrote a frustrated response and mailed it back, and even paid for the freakin’ postage.
So I imagine they are ignoring that too.
I get random numbers calling my phone too often. It gets annoying and old. Spammers need a life. This 562 number started calling my phone every few days or so. I looked it up, it just stated the location and what telephone company it was under. I put it on my auto reject list after the third call. I really wish I could block numbers.
Now this number called three days in a row. I called back, and guess what? Some recording calling ON BEHALF OF SAVE THE CHILDREN! This is insane!!! I clicked the numbers to get off the calling list, but it could take up to 30 days. You have got to be kidding me.
I am fed up, this is beyond harassment. These guys are crooks. Based off other reviews, the people who block you with their tablets are getting paid too.
If anyone has any suggestions about what other actions one can take, and legal ones if needed I would love to know. When I am able, I will be donating to legit charities.

I was puzzled by some of the negative reviews so I checked with Charity Navigator, which is my trusted source for evaluating charities. It is rated 4-​star (the highest) by Charity Navigators. I, too, am turned off by paid solicitors, and I don’t know if Save the Children uses that technique. One has to be careful with solicitors looking for cash– were they really from that organization, or were they opportunists falsely doing a scam instead? One problem is that there are so many organizations with similar sounding names– Feed-​the-​Children comes to mind, This «Christian’ organization located in Oklahoma is an example of high expense, deceitful claims that deserves the bad reputation that it had in the past. They must have cleaned up their operation somewhat for now they have a 3-​star rating from Charity Navigator. I will not give them a nickel– too many charitable organizations that are religious in nature place too much emphasis on spreading religion first – and helping people last.

First off, what legitimate charity will not accept CASH???
My friend and I were at the UTC mall and unfortunately became the victim of a particularly aggressive Save The Children «volunteer”(they DO get paid)… once our eye lines met, she roped us in by introducing herself, and went on for about 15 minutes about how many dying, starving, poor and suffering children there were in the world. Obviously, this made us feel horrible. However, we are not naïve and know better than to give our PERSONAL financial information to a complete stranger. We kindly asked her for a flyer, so we could research the organization ourselves, and this enraged her. Her exact response to this was, «No, I’m not going to do that, because if I do you will take it home and let it get buried on your desk and forget about it and a child is going to die». At this point, I was insulted but believed her to be very passionate about the cause, and kindly explained that we were both college students and did not have the means to contribute at this time. Her response to this was, «Is $ 28 a month really going to break the bank for you?» and I responded, «Honestly, yes». She was annoyed, but told us that since we were going to college that meant that once we got jobs we should remember Save The Children and had a responsibility to contribute.
It was honestly one of the most offensive and hostile interactions I’ve ever experienced with another human being. I understand that these people are acting as advocates for people who are not able to do so themselves, however the manner in which they go about it is completely inappropriate.
The whole experience made me wonder just how many children she was supporting???

Save the Children is a great organization. I totally support them. They are very efficient according to charity watchdogs and do great things for kids.

Seriously, what is up with the reps for this otherwise well intentioned organization. They have no sense of humor, sheesh. Again, UTC mall San Diego I was approached twice by the same girl to sign their petition. Said my obligatory «no thank you» with a smile and I get a look like I just murdered a child. I walk back the same way with my two toddler children whom my husband and I are lovingly holding, kissing, and tickling and in response to the reps solicitation my husband says, «Nah, we don’t want to save the children» while pointing at our kids in a very obviously jesting way. It was funny and cute and we OBVIOUSLY love our children. This girl who was at least half my age and I’m sure has no children of her own let alone traveled anywhere to help children in need (as as husband and i have because we are in the medical field) was shocked. She had no sense of humor, did not get the joke, and looked at us like she should call CPS for abusing our children with such statement. She stared at us with her mouth open as we walked past her. Hey Save the Children, please include some sensitivity training for your petitioners.

In our universe, there is no Amazonian warrior-​princess to inspire the women of Africa and liberate them from rape, mutilation, and subjugation.
In our universe, there is no caped, horned, nocturnal avenger to terrify, defeat, and capture brutal warlords or to defend those who have been harmed by greed, powerlust, and sociopathic violence.
In our universe, we have no godlike orphan from an obliterated planet to overthrow genocidal armies or turn back cataclysms of nature.
In our universe, we have no guardian of the Seven Seas to make deserts fertile and enrich the parched.
In our universe, there are no men that are half-​machine, no beings blessed with the ability to outrun sound, no wearers of mystical rings to save Africa and Her people from starvation, war, environmental defilement, and oppression.
In our universe, there is no band of peak-​human and supernatural champions to right the Earth’s wrongs with their collective power.
But there is…
Save The Children was founded in 1919 by sisters Eglantyne Jebb and Dorothy Buxton to feed German, Hungarian, and Austrian children who were left hungry during World War I. For the past 93 years, they have been living up to their namesake in 120 conflict-​ravaged nations throughout the world, focusing on disaster recovery, famine alleviation, education, medical care, and the overall empowerment of children.
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To help rescue the 13 million people caught in the current Horn of Africa crisis, DC has officially partnered with Save The Children and 2 other humanitarian organizations: International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps.
If you choose to make a donation to the 3 aforementioned charities through the link provided above (your money will be distributed equally among them), DC Entertainment has pledged to answer your gift by 100%.
Let’s make this the greatest «crossover» in comics history. Give today.

Literally, I am scared of these individuals approaching me on Market street. Look, if I’m walking AWAY from you, that means I am not interested whatsoever. But, I was fooled once and shook one of your hands. You told me about how I can help by donating some money via credit or check card. I asked whether you had a website, and if I can give you cash for a donation and you said NO. You insisted for me to take out my cards, and let you take down the number. Dude, I was not born yesterday. Furthermore, after I said I will not give my credit card information, you started to judge me on how I am not contributing to society. Let’s just say this: at least I’m not trying to scam people.
Take this into consideration: Have you ever heard of a charity that does not take CASH???
Think about that.

Alright, I’ve got a few things to set straight. Because there is a ton of misinformation here on this Unilocal page, I would hate it if someone read this and didn’t get involved with Save The Children.
Number one:
Take a look at BBB Wise Giving Alliance or Charity Navigator. STC is a top notch rated charity. It’s easy to hear a sensational story about an evil organization ripping off the kind-​hearted people who donate to their cause, only to screw everyone over. STC is not that charity! They’ve been around a long time, and have done great work in conjunction with other wonderful organizations like Doctors Without Borders.
STC does not teach religious or even controversial subject matter when working with children, allowing for culture and accessibility to areas like the middle east or middle america (i.e. they do not directly distribute birth control or give abortion counciling to young women)
I completely understand if you are frustrated by overzealous canvassers for STC. I myself work in this field, and as a supervisor, I never, ever condone rudeness to the public. It’s true these individuals have a base quota they must make, and it is true they get paid, but it’s through a second party organization who enters into a contract with STC to engage a certain amount of donors and to create greater awareness of the organization. They set target goals for how many people are to be talked to and so forth. This money is given up front before a single kid sets foot in front of your local Trader Joe’s. Every single penny raised goes to the cause. Standing in a public space and trying to talk to people about STC or anything else is an expression of freedom of speech and it is my belief and policy that if you aren’t interested in talking for absolutely whatever reason, then there can be a mutal respect and everyone continues with their day. These kids do have a quota, and it’s absolutely nessesary to maintaining contract with the client and doing them service by doubling and sometimes tripling their initial investment.
So please do your research on your charitable giving, talk to your friendly neighborhood canvasser if you’re so inclined and help your fellow man.

The other day I was approached by a Save the Children canvasser in Hayes Valley while I was with my own children. After listening to the person give me the hard sell about the organization and pressing me about donating right there on the spot with my credit card, it really felt like a scam to me. There was no «please check out our website and you can donate there» — it was all «I need to get your information right now.» After explaining that I don’t give confidential financial information to people on the street for any organization, he continued to press me for making a phone donation and that he could call his supervisor so that the supervisor could tell me it was legit. THAT really said scam all over it, and he continued to press me to give them my phone number so that they could call me and do it that way. After explaining that I didn’t do that either, and that I would gladly take their application and look it over at home, he said that wasn’t possible and he needed to do it right then. I held my ground and he actually tried to leverage my kids enthusiasm against me as a way to donate, actually questioning my support of my own kids, like I was letting them down by not donating. I thought that was a completely unethical thing to do and I told him that there was no way that I would donate to an organization that tries to solicit funds in this way. He got all snippy with me and walked away. After seeing the other reviews of STC on Unilocal,it verified what I believed to be true, that the workers and the org are ripping off the public in the name of going a service to the underpriviliged. If they think they are doing a public service and they are a real nonprofit, then they really need to re-​evaluate their training of these workers because the techniques are more for a shady fly-​by-​night type of business, a la Glengarry Glen Ross… scam, scam, scam.

These are scams, do not donate, Save the Children is just a scam to get money to help poor uneducated children, and to brainwash them with Christian Rhetoric under the guise of «Sending them to school». Yes, some good does come of it, but if less than 90% of a charity’s collections does not go to the charity, it is a scam and someone has a mansion somewhere while the people they collect money on behalf of still starve and suffer.

One of these little teen scam artists tried to get me a few years ago. I always wondered if they actually take classes in ‘how to flirt with desperate men/​women’ or if they just naturally attempt to work people they meet… like a Vegas bartender… or a whore.
I can’t wait to see a story about this blatant abuse of charity status on the cover of the SF Weekly or something.
The best part for me is the knowledge that of all the people they scam it’s the fresh faced little suburban mallrats that really get scammed in the end. Hey, dipweed! If you could really make a living just asking people for money don’t you think we’d all be doing it?
Sometimes I like to just spend like 15 – 20 min just really getting into the whole presentation and then «oh! I gotta go to the Sun Yung Moon presentation. They have great appetizers!»