To get businesses, political, paid charities to stop calling you have to say
You should always say "please put me on your internal do not call list" when you don't want to hear from a company again. Fail to do so, and some other telemarketer from there will be bugging you in the future.

Many people instead blurt "take me off your list!" Reputable companies should recognize that as a request to be put on the internal "do not call" list, but slimy ones will use this imprecise wording against you and ignore your request.

Spoofing your Caller ID is a surefire way to guarantee that I won't answer the phone.

You are right.  I've spent most of my life working in the advocacy field on behalf of individuals with disabilities, and Special Olympics is one of the worst charitible offenders when it comes to using donations for their activities vs. turning them around into their fundraising work.  Look at any reputable philanthropic "report card" group that tracks organizational spending and Special Olympics invariably has a poor rating.  The fact that they now resort to this type of fundraising strategy speaks volumes.

You need to get over yourself.  The family isn't that great.  Special olymipcs is a pain, rarely admit to being a faimly member when the olympics are mentiond.

It's unfortunate that you chose to smear and defame one of the most magnanimous families in America on this site.  You make your snide, hateful comments without citing one reliable source.  I can tell you from personal experience that I know first hand the aid that poor people receive in the form of heating oil through Joe Kennedy's oil service.  I also once worked at a camp for learning disabled , low income children who now enjoy a beautiful olympic size swimming pool donated to them through a Kenndy family charity.  Those are my sources.....now let's hear yours!!!!

Blame the Feds, politicians, lobbyists, lawmakers for allowing this to continue.

Non-profits and politicians are exempt from the No Call List.  Many, if not most, of these non-profits are fundraising companies who only give 10% to the charity they are calling you about.  Don't answer the phone, that will let them know there is a live person at that number.  

Don't give money, most of these fundraising companies will call you more knowing there is a soft touch at that phone number.  

If you want to donate money, give to a local honest charity directly.

These calls are harrassing....they need to stop NOW

This is another one of those Kennedy family so-called charities. They take taxpayers' money plus donations from other people and none of their own money then appoint a Kennedy family member with no experience running anything as its high 6-figure CEO to skim the money and not deplete the family wealth as the family continues to expand.

Look up the scandal with the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston. BTW, did you know that the Kennedy's claimed that Rose Kennedy was a Florida resident to avoid Massachusetts estate taxes?

A legitimate charity would put its real name on the caller ID. Actually, a legitimate charity wouldn't use telemarketing in the first place.

They don't even identify who they are on the caller ID. Isn't that illegal?

The Special Olympics is another Kennedy family scam. All of their non-profits take money from other people AND from the government and little or no Kennedy family money. Then a Kennedy family member or friend is appointed CEO despite having no executive experience. The Kennedy then collects a big fat high 6-figure salary.

Patrick Kennedy, the former dumbest member of Congress, is doing this with a charity to fund mental health research. Joe Kennedy II is doing it with a heating oil "charity." The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston promised to be privately funded but now uses about 10 times as much government funds to operate per square yard than any other park in the country.

I'm sorry if I'm sick of these people, but Kennedy + Charity = Scam!

Once upon a time calling and hanging up was considered harassment a crank call, now it's charity....
What gives them the unmitigated right to call my home early Saturday
( early to me) and hang up, why the powers that be that exempt them from showing any common curtsy & decency, that's who.

I will not donate to a crank caller  that's what they are if they call listen to my voice message & then hang up.

Charity my foot. Dear FEDS I don't care if they are charity they are not welcome at my home.

When I found how how much Special Olympics management makes from "donations" I got pretty disgusted. Then when they resort to harassing, nuisance phone calls to try to drum up more cash, I'm REALLY disgusted.

NO DONATIONS for unsolicited calls.

Lots of calls from these people.
I have Comcast/xFinity Voice. I used the *60 feature to turn "Call Screening" on.
Then I followed the prompts to add the number to my blocked list.
Just write out a list of all the calls you want screened/blocked and add them one at a time.

Calls several times per day for the past week. Not going to answer nor am I going to donate to their organization...or any other for that matter, just based on these phone tactics alone. So, why can't a "do not call list" be organized and passed in legislation for  all the non profits,public organizations, and politicians that are currently exempt,too?

HELLO TO ALL:  For this and any repeated calls, I suggest CALL BLOCKING.  My current phone service provider, Verizon, has this feature, and my prior service did as well.  I have only to get the number from the caller ID, and enter the number for all future calls to be blocked from that number.  No more being woken up or interrupted by "Unavailable" or similar.  In this case, I saw the number enough times on the caller ID that it began to look familiar, and I simply added it to the list of numbers blocked for me (Verizon will block as many as 10 numbers at a time).  I only landed on this page because I wondered who it was.  So thank you to those who posted the info.

I do not answer phone unless I know who is calling.
If they leave a message I will return the call.

Politicians and non=profit organizations are the exception.

What good is having a DO NOT CALL when these clowns keep calling anyway?

Arrived home today and another hangup call from 800-695-3639. Called this number back and it was a recording from Special Olympics telling me they had tried to reach me and will try again or I could make another call and waste more time and contact their customer service. They gave this number as 866-544-4880. Called and despite telling woman wanted to be put immediately on Do Not Call list, she tried to do her pitch. This call center (you can hear dozens of people working the phones in the background) has called me over a dozen times in the last month.She cheerfully told me it takes time to get on the Do Not Call list and I'll probably receive more calls in the meantime.

sez who?

Yet another hangup

Hangup 7/31/11

I am so sick of these people calling me !  I hate to be rude, but please make them stop !  Just called, but I did not answer.  No message of course !  AAArrrrgggggg !!!

The number is for special olympics donations

They call just about every day.....Special Olympics.

Call everyday

Solicitation call for donations to Special Olympics.

Tired of these calls first thing on Saturday morning.... GO AWAY!!!!

Sick of this number calling my house!

Doesn't matter day or night..... or what day for that matter.

DO NOT CALL LIST request does not work!!!!!!   Soooooooooooooo tired of these people having the right to call whenever they feel like it..... UNSOLICATED calls really tick me off