Giving the shirt off his Olympic back

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Bryan Clay of Glendora, the 2004 Athens Games decathlon silver medalist and a member of the Beijing-bound U.S. track and field team, also is a champion of good causes, including volunteering for extra drug testing to prove he’s clean.

But he’s taking clean to another level by participating in a charity program called ‘Take Your Shirts Off to WIN,’ which is backed by WIN detergent. The program calls for people to donate workout clothes to WIN, which will wash them and send them to Giving is Winning, an organization promoting athletic activity among kids living in refugee camps around the world.

Donations can be made at participating retailers. A list is available at sweatlifter.com, which indicates there are at least two Southern California locations -- in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach.

-- Helene Elliott