I don't donate to any police or firemans funds. I don't give my money, that I need for my family, to anyone else for them and their family. particularly over a telephone.
I actually answered the phone (little after 8am) and a recorded message asked if this was [my name]. When I said yes someone started talking about a State Troopers Association fund driver starting. I said I wasn't interested as they kept talking, and I hung up. What makes me sick is they use the State Troopers, Fire Fighters, etc to make you feel guilty. Ask for a tax receipt and see what they say.
Not a Telemarketer.... Telemarketing=Telephone Sales of Goods or Services
Telemarketers are the ones who call you to sell you something over the phone...(scams, charities, non-profit, fund raisers, political, surveys, information, BS doesn't count as a product or service.)