From T-shirts to prom dresses, the clothing closet at Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center gives away about 6,000 pieces of gently used clothing for men, women and children each month at the Ithaca location. Folks in need can choose several articles of clothing per person per month. According to Renee Spear, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s executive director, the closet is supported not only by donors but by the hard-working volunteers who fold and sort clothes and greet and assist clients.
Butch Perfetti looks at shirts at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Volunteer Rachel Westman restocks the racks at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Volunteer Gerry Randolph, lower right, helps a client at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Waiting in line at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Volunteers Gerry Randolph, left, and Rachel Testman at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
A family leaves the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center’s clothing closet in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Renee Spear, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s executive director, is pictured at the Samaritan Center’s clothing closet in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Susan Montoe leaves the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
The clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Volunteer Gerry Randolph, right, helps Susan Monroe bag items at the at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
Volunteers Rachel Westman, left, works the computer while Sue Monroe, right, and other customers wait in line at the clothing closet at the Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga’s Samaritan Center in Ithaca, June 29, 2016.
