HUMBOLDT 鈥� The Good Neighbour Store has started limiting donations to two bags or boxes per household at a time due to heavy donation levels.
鈥淥ur miscellaneous items, we鈥檙e coping with those,鈥� said Susan Braun, co-ordinator with the store. 鈥淥ur clothing is barely coping to be honest. We鈥檙e getting too much of that, but we鈥檙e doing what we can.鈥�
The Good Neighbour Store is a non-profit thrift store that sells goods donated from the community.
Braun attributed the large donations levels to people having a backlog of stuff they wish to donate.
鈥淚 think it will eventually level off. We can鈥檛 handle taking truckloads of stuff just yet, we can only handle the two bags, two boxes.鈥�
Under their new policy, all donations are being quarantined outside for 72 hours before being brought into their building.
鈥淒ishes and things we always cleaned before, and shelves we鈥檝e cleaned regularly before, so that鈥檚 kind of the same,鈥� Braun said. 鈥淲hen we do open to the public we do have volunteers in here with disinfectant and they are disinfecting things people touch a lot.鈥�
Donations are accepted from Wednesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon p.m.
The public shopping hours have been cut in half, with shoppers only having access from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, and a maximum number of customers set to 18.
鈥淭hat way our volunteers can work in the morning when we鈥檙e closed to the public. We鈥檙e trying to keep as safe as an environment as possible for our volunteers,鈥� Braun said.
鈥淚鈥檓 very pleased with the community response. Our customers have been very respectful whether they鈥檙e shopping, or whether they鈥檙e donating. They鈥檙e very respectful following our rules.鈥�
