The phones at the Upstate South Carolina chapter of the American Red Cross just don't stop ringing.

Thousands have volunteered their services, others have donated money and still others have given goods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- like the Presbyterian College students who assembled kits with shampoo, wash cloths and other comforts, said chapter manager Ann Wright.

In fact, the generosity of the Upstate has been so overwhelming that volunteers no longer are needed.

"We're getting wonderful people who've called to volunteer, and we appreciate it, and we want to be able to respond and put as many of them to work as we can," she said. "But when it begins to limit our ability to help the evacuees, we have to cut it off and hope that people will understand."

Instead, Wright hopes those who haven't been contacted this time around won't be discouraged and will call back in a couple of months -- maybe around Thanksgiving -- to help with whatever else may be needed.

"This won't be over by tomorrow. It will be a long, long relief effort and there will be many different needs that will arise," she said. "So if you mark your calendar around Thanksgiving, when you think about what we're all thankful for, maybe that's a good reminder."

On the other hand, she said, financial contributions are more than welcome and help the organization be flexible in what it can do, like provide insulin and other medicines that evacuees need.

So far, Wright said, the Upstate chapter has provided nearly $250,000 worth of services and goods to evacuees in Greenville. Besides the 238 evacuees at the Palmetto Expo Center, she said, the organization has helped more than 500 evacuees who made it to Greenville on their own.

"People have been wonderful and it is tremendously appreciated," said Greenville City Manager Jim Bourey. "But we have several tractor trailers full of stuff and over 10,000 phone calls and 2,000 volunteers. So at this point, we have more than we can use."