Save the Children Canada

Do your research before donating... Save the Children - organization like this really makes me question the legitimacy of its operation and raise trust issues about other legit organizations that actually help children. 2 guys came to my home asking for my information. Their explanation about saving the Children made sense. I thought what a good cause. Obviously I would not provide my info to any stranger so I opted to donate myself. After I did there was no receipt, no response in email, and no response to the phone call I made.Update: I received the receipt a few days after contacting the organization.

When the rep came to my house he started off by complimenting me. Your dog is cute

I am not sure why there are so many negative comments. I had no issue in cancelling my monthly donation. I sent them an email and received their confirmation. I was never charged again.

Short version:I rejected to donate when the door-to-door person came to ask, and he said things that made me feel like I was a horrible person for not donating. A charity worker shouldn't be making their potential customers feel like they are bad people for not donating. Terrible service.Long version:One of the door-to-door employee from Save the Children came to give a brief information about the company and asked about to sign up to get more information about the donation process. I thought it was just going to be my email and my name but he asked me about my address too, so I stopped giving my information and I told him that I don't want to sign up anymore. He then asked me Why do you not want to sign up? Don't you want to help the children in poverty?" in a tone of a little disgust as if not signing up will make me a horrible person. I felt like a terrible person

Save yourself and don't donate. Wanted to make 1 time donation, rep said you need to sign up to recurring payments and can cancel anytime.I've been emailing them for 2 weeks now trying to cancel the recurring payments with no response. Calling for 2 weeks now, they never pick up their phone during their listed business hours. Goes to voicemail, have left a voicemail a day for 2 weeks and no response. Have to go the route of disputing payment as fraudulent with my bank now.

Please educate your door to door representatives on what “No soliciting” means.

I read all of these reviews and felt it was best to share my experience. I had someone come to my door and yes I could tell right away they were looking for something to talk about other then what they were there for. It is simple rapport building and not really a bad thing. After some banter I asked a bunch of questions and decided to research the company before making a pledge. They did push a little and showed more documentation but I stuck with it and they accepted. Please note, this individual worked for a company contracted by save the children. So I assume that the negative experiences are not totally the fault of Save the Children. However they should be reviewing the agencies they hire to represent them so this happens less. Also reviewed the financials that I could and it shows 1 person earning 200-250K per year and 1 between 160K to 200K. If this is correct that is pretty good considering this company globally collected US$1.3 billion. Just research everything and make an informed choice before donating.

do not donate to this organization! They spend more on “nonconsensual promotions” than you can think. I have donated to this organization couple times and they keep mailing and calling me after I repeatable called and asked them to put me on their “black list”. I am fed up with continuously receiving mails without giving consent. Worst part is that they write your personal information inside of their letters therefore you cannot just toss them out. I’ll take legal action if this continuities..

Lady came to my door and started off very sweet. They hook you emotionally by telling you how kids without birth certificates are more likely to experience XYZ problems, etc.I told her I'll make a one time donation online however she seemed more worried about her commission than 'Saving the Children'. After telling me I can call in and have it cancelled I agreed to sign up through her for the monthly plan.When everything was done she said I can't cancel until two weeks after which was a complete lie!Solution: Do NOT waste your time calling them, they won't pick up. Immediately call your credit card company and cancel your card to have them send in a new one. (Worked for me as an RBC client)Stay away from this charity. Dishonest malicious workers and the cancelling with them is a nightmare.

Just had a guy and girl come to my door asking for a donation. It's 7:30pm so not too late but getting dark. Anyway they gave me their pitch. Made feel bad. They said your neighbor just donated. Showed me their information on their iPad. Talk about lack of personal information privacy.So they said they don't take cash because of covid. They said they needed credit card and the minimum donation was $20. I didn't like the idea of using a credit card but they insisted it would only take a few minutes on the phone. They would give me their phone to call the charity and make the donation. I didn't like the idea but I relented.They said they needed my information, address, name, email, phone etc so they could send me a tax receipt. After I gave them all my personal information the guy says by the way, it's a recurring monthly donation. He said I can cancel anytime. I said no thanks then. Luckily I didn't give them my credit card information yet or call the actual charity on their phone.I told him why didn't you say it was a recurring monthly donation at the beginning?? I wouldn't of bothered. He says it's easy to cancel just call before the month is up. I said I don't have time for this.He also said something earlier in the conversation about them getting a bonus if I donated today. I thought that was sketchy.Anyway this chairty it seems to be outsourcing their door to door canvassing work.Hopefully they don't bug me to death now that they have all my personal information, email and phone number.Don't donate to these guys. They try to make you feel guilty and they don't tell you at the beginning that it's a monthly donation. Sounds like by other reviews , it's hard or next to impossible to cancel. Scammers.