So, can the american heart association make calls to your home phone?

Yes. Nonprofits have a pass.

Ah. Thank you.
Grinds teeth.

I believe I've heard that the Do Not Call list is so full of useless loopholes... one is an exemption given to nonprofits which the AHA falls under. I'm sure I've heard this on one of the NPR podcasts I fanatically listen to... sometime in the past year.

Besides, around here, they don't ask for a donation, they ask that you do fundraising for them. (distribute envelopes in your neighborhood)

We have the same thing in Canada. Charities are allowed to call, but you can ask them to take you off their call list.

I did in so many words.

Really, I did all that nicey stuff for years. I've dealt less, recently, with pleading purveyors than I have with collection companies chasing people with my last name. It is all invasive.

The really infuriating thing is, I've gotten calls from political campaigns at around election time. They're not non-profits, so how do they get away with that? Simple. They don't tout their candidate; they call to offer you a ride to the polls. That, apprently, makes it a public service call, not a sales call.

Straight up political calls have a pass. Mine usually show on caller ID as "Political Call".

Watch this, though, if you ever bought anything from anybody in the past, even business can call.

Bank of America calls me daily. Even after I've asked them not too. I wasn't a willing BoA customer. They bought out my old bank and now they get to pepper me with "offers". Drives me nuts!

in canada non-profits, political parties and any business you've had previous dealings with are exempt

in a bizarre turn events, the government made available online (for a fee) the list of people who were on the no call list, so that businesses would no who not to call, interestingly foreign call centers were purchasing the lists and getting thousands of phone numbers to add to their phone books, canadian companies are subject to heavy fines if they are caught abusing the list, but non canadian companies are under no such penalty

I simply ignore all incoming that I do not know recognize the phone number or id.

Same here.