These guys (telemarketers) pretend to be a charity, but in fact are a big business making profits from your used clothing and items.  Everyone involved along the line from the person calling you, to the driver, to the store-front (Value Village) selling your used items makes money.  Say your old jeans sell for $15, only $0.25 goes to charity.  Give to a true charity like the SALVATION ARMY - they only have volunteers and don't inflate prices for the needy.  Value Village is a for-profit-organization from the USA.  The main owners are Tom Ellison, son of the founder Bill Ellison, and Freeman Spogli & Co. a private equity company.

This number called, did not speak, then hung up

Called and did not leave message! If this is a proper charity, then they would leave a message and not be so secretative about what they are calling about !!

This number is the Canadian Diabetes Clothesline pickup.  They are not telemarketers and NOT a scam.   I give to them regularly,

Robo calls with no one on the other end, up to 10 times a day, and the regulators don't seem to care.

Okay I am all into giving but these people call 3 times a week and after 730pmI will not give to a charity that calls so often, never responds when I answer the phone or never leaves a messageI never give on the phoneI would rather give to my close neighboursThese people are annoyingAndAs someone says either the number calling asks for donations or to say you won a trip: so which is it?Leave us alone