I work for Statewide appeal and we call on behalf of the TSTA and I can insure you that it is a legit company. Around 20% of your donation IS going to the state troopers. Because we're a non-profit organization, your donations are paying for employee paychecks, office rent, electricity bills, etc. We're not scamming anyone. There's no way we can really get donations without relying on some of them to help pay for it all. We're all required to work 6 days a week or more and the pay is horrible. Your donations really are like a million for us and do help the troopers. We're trying to make a living just like anyone else.
I just got one of these calls, identified myself as the "same sex partner" of the person they were trying to reach and the man's response was, "Your same sex partner, that's VERY interesting." Interesting my a**, you homophobe. Why is it that when they think they're calling a female, and they get another female on the phone these callers automatically think a) there MUST be a Mr. in the house, b) I must have a husband who makes decisions (NO A**HOLE - *I* MAKE THE F***ING DECISIONS), or c) the woman they are looking for MUST be my mom.