SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- "Cash or cheque?," "Do you need a receipt?." As a steady flow of old and young enter the lobby of the Singapore Red Cross Society throughout the morning, they are directed to different counters. Businessmen with briefcases, housewives with children in toe, old ladies with their maid helping them, they come from all walks of life, brought together by their desire to help the survivors and victims of the devastating Sumatra earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in the region.

Many have brought donations in kind, which the society is only taking reluctantly, because it will have to pass it on to another organization later.

"We've told people only cheque or cash, no in kind donations. But they're still coming. People just want to help, but we just don't have the space to keep them," says Carol Teo, Red Cross communication manager Carol, as she stands outside helping to unload a taxi of three large black bin bags. Just at that time, another car stopped by to drop off four large bags full of children's clothes.

Upstairs, Jeffrey Chan, the vice-chairman of the society, is just hanging up the phone with his counterpart in Indonesia. "They've clearly told us, don't send anything. They don't have the facilities to take in anymore supplies. Their warehouses are full and with transportation blocked goods are just not moving out," he told UPI, "There is a log-jam now."

Singaporeans are used to being asked to donate for worthy causes and school children are regularly seen around town collecting money as part of their "school" duties. Yet, the outpouring of money in the last couple of days has been staggering. Chan says the organization has already raised $2.4 million.