Volunteers at the Good Samaritan Center were greeted Monday morning by boxes spilling over its contents and garage sale leftovers strewn in front of the building, blocking the entrance. Most of the items still had garage sale tags.

“We couldn’t get in the door,” James Durst said. “This is almost a regular occurrence. We have limited storage so our policy has been not to accept items left over from garage sales.”

Durst said that many of the items dropped off on weekends creates a burden at the center, which is run by volunteers and church groups. Sometimes it’s just too much to ask of the volunteers.

“The clients don’t have a use for a fishing bucket with a broken handle,” Durst said. “Right now we could use winter clothes, coats and blankets.”

The volunteers ask that residents please make donations during business hours.”

“We give out clothes and food and a few kitchen items such as coffee cups and that sort of thing,” he said. “We do not give out electrical appliances or gadgets or just about anything that requires electricity.”

Guidelines have been adopted for donations. The center volunteers request that clothing be donated in clean condition and not worn out of too old fashioned to wear.

“A good rule of thumb is, if it’s too old fashioned or out of date for you to wear, chances are that other people won’t want to wear it either,” Durst said. “If the item is too worn out for you, nobody else wants it either.”

Because of the limited space, only those things that can be disseminated can be kept.

“Please, don’t leave things at the door,” Durst asked.