Despite Exemption, Charities Experience Do-Not-Call Fallout

Haywood also serves as director of Mother’s March, MOD’s first and longest-running fundraising program, which began in 1950 as a local door-to-door campaign to fight polio. One of the critical elements of the program, Haywood says, is telemarketing. MOD conducts two extensive programs annually — on the order of 15 million calls — to solicit help from volunteers to work in their local communities.