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Let me preface this blog with the message that I am very generous when it comes to charity. I volunteered over 150 hours last year to various charities and gave as much as I could afford.

So this week was the Knights of Columbus days where they solicit donations for the MD charity. As I was driving up to the red light at the intersection I could see the infamous yellow vests so I did what I normally do in this situation and I dug around my car to see if I had any loose change. Unfortunately I did not have any cash this time but luckily the gentleman had already passed my car by the time I popped my head back up. This got me to thinking. Here a couple of pointers if you are ever in this situation or just don't feel like giving to charity.

Main point is never look the person in the eye.

If they spot you you can pretend to be answering the phone or my favorite is dive down towards the floor as if you must find something immediately.

But the true way to avoid this (for the people that are just not strong enough to just completely ignore the solicitors) is keep a container on the seat next to you. Inside it you can hide some of the commonly used items that these organizations give out. For example in my case I would whip out my tootsie roll and throw it up on the dashboard. Or if those Kiwanis people are stalking you bring out your bag of peanuts and put them in clear view of everyone. And make sure you have a red poppy in your box for those men in black and green. There are more items but these are the only ones I could come up with right now.