Fw: ALERT - suspicious company soliciting funds for organ transplant recipients

[Guest guest]

If this group is in Mi, they may be in other states. tim l

ALERT - suspicious company soliciting funds for organ transplant

recipients

> Hello Volunteers!

>

> Gift of Life has received notice that a group called the " Organ Donation &

> Transplant Association of America " (ODTAA or ODTAOA) is soliciting funds

> from Michigan residents by telephone. Our colleagues in other states have

> researched the group and discovered problems with ODTAA's credibility.

>

> ** If you receive a solicitation from ODTAA, please contact

> Tislerics at Gift of Life Michigan, jtislerics@... or

> . **

>

> The group told one of our Michigan colleagues that funds raised will help

> local transplant recipients pay for medications. While soliciting in

> other

> states, this group has previously claimed donations go toward medical

> research for transplant surgeries. ODTAA's own website indicates that

> funds are

> used for shipping costs, to send medical supplies (donated by others) to

> the Philippines. ODTAA has been known to contract with the telephone

> solicitation company Courtesy Health Watch, with possibly only 10% of

> funds raised going toward the charity (according to the Conneticut

> Attorney

> General).

[Guest guest]

Interesting. I sure don't see anything about the Philippines in their website http://odtaa.org/index.html

According to WA, they are a 501© http://www.secstate.wa.gov/charities/search_detail.aspx?charity_id=23525.

Arne

57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

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If this group is in Mi, they may be in other states. tim l

----- Original Message -----

From: <kzasa@... <mailto:kzasa%40giftoflifemichigan.org> >

> Hello Volunteers!

>

> Gift of Life has received notice that a group called the " Organ Donation &

> Transplant Association of America " (ODTAA or ODTAOA) is soliciting funds

> from Michigan residents by telephone. Our colleagues in other states have

> researched the group and discovered problems with ODTAA's credibility.