Southern California Wheelchair Veterans Association Fake charity making robo calls... Lake Elsinore, California

Once again "do not call lists" don't apply to non-profit orginizations. The Southern California Wheelchair Veterans Association does not ask for credit card, bank, or personal information over the phone. There are holiday bbqs, picnics and gift baskets through out the year for these disabled and paralyzed vets confined in the local VA hospitals. Much needed medical supplies and equipment is distributed to help keep them comfortable. They are not a scam.

This charity is not a scam.  I have been donating to The Souther California Wheelchair Association since 2007.  I am 30 years old.  They asked if I would like to purchase a box of trash bags, or a first aid kit.  The money will be used to help get wheelchairs, cable, laptops for bed ridden veterans, and provide holiday cheer, especially around 4th of July, or Memorial Day.  I receive my first aide kit, or trash bags, with a tax receipt, and 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt number is present on their receipt.  I then get a charge for around 50 dollars, but send a little more in, just to be nice.  These people are doing good for our veterans, and anyone out there that slams them just because they don't like getting calls, is very wrong.  Giving and serving is what these men did for me, and I can do no less for them, even when I can barely make ends meet.  Thank you.  Yours Truly, Christyne W.

In the local yellow pages for Riverside County, which was a link i found while entering the number after getting two calls tonight , no message left and I screen all calls.

The  google search produced the following link:

http://www.phonesbook.com/049-CA-Los-Angeles-Riverside-Orange-County/KENVILLE/

and the info on the page was this:

KENVILLE, ANGELA 19415 OKEECHOBEE LN, LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92530 951-609-3165

 

I dont feel the address was correct because I also searched that and it was just sold last month so I went ahead and posted it here. My apologies if this was a no-no.  Even though the caller ID said the So Cal Wheelcha  ( didnt even finish word)

 

I called the number it was busy busy busy. When I screened  the calls it sounded like it was a very busy  background. My first thought was , is this a Bar???

 

ANyway, other  searches also put the name with this number, so  this may be the person who owns the phone line. I feel if the charity was indeed legit, they would leave a kindly message, since I am also on the do not call list, they may be legit in some ways, however if they were legit they would leave a message and  even mention they may call again. But Since they do follow all of the normal phone spammers MO  then I have to go with  the idea they are probably like the Airport fake nurses who hold the money cans... When i used to work at the ticket counter, I was in the restroom and heard and saw they two nurse look alikes dividing up their takes.  After doing some investigative work, I discovered that  these people take up to 95%  as administrative fees. So even though they sold the garbage bags, its important to know where the money goes and how much of it.

If you search online  some of the biggees in Disaster relief  and Hungry children charities will shock you when you see some huge names keep 75%.  SO do your homework, And there is nothing wrong with obtaining the Charity name and  pretending to these solicitors you are gonna give then  call the real  home offices the next day and send them the money directly.  I have experience in organizing huge fundraiser events, and  the organization I helped  was 100% legit,  but  the problems we had were that it was a public event with 10000 attendees typically, and it was $30 per person fee to  get in, that is a lot of cash  to handle , count and keep safe. We had  issues  with hands trying to  take before t ever went to the charity.  And so  its also as important to research who you volunteer for because one bad association could ever hurt your reputation even if  you are just a do gooder.

So I think you both are a little bit right about this place, and certainly anyone who calls do not call list people did not obtain their caller list from the proper sources. And its their own fault if they do not get donations or  sales because  anyuone who doesnt talk when a phone picks up , and calls right back again with no message  will never make any real money , so they waste their time and the charity  is now  getting a bad rep too, I would donate to a person who needs a wheel chair, but  in my experience the Police  in some cities will donate  wlakers wheel chairs and  motorized chairs as well as the Kiwanas and  the Lyons, at least they did in my city anyway. I have  seen sunglasses companys  who just replace any returned glasses  with new and then refurb the returns and donate them. Even as they were practically going broke, my neighbor  got paid in merchandise  a couple of times, but they donated thousands of  ofhuge name expensive designer sunglasses and frames. And then got bought by a bigger corp!  Hope this info is useful.