Taichung City's Environmental Protection Bureau called on residents Monday to donate secondhand clothes that will be distributed to needy people or sold to raise money for charity. Used, but clean clothes can be placed in Taichung City's clothes recycling vans, which are parked on streets throughout the city from July 23 to August 5. Donors can also drop off the clothes at district offices and designated clothes- donation stations in the central Taiwan city from August 3 to 5. Donated items collected by August 5 will be given for free on August 8 to people who need them at designated locations in the city's eight districts, said City Mayor Jason Hu. Each person can select up to five items for free on Aug. 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.. To show his support for the activity, Hu put on a shirt that he selected among boxes of donated garments on Monday, Vice Mayor Hsiao Chia-chi picked the jacket which Hu donated earlier that day. The mayor also expressed appreciation for the clothing donations made by city government employees, and social welfare groups such as the Rotary Club, YMCA and Taichung Lions Clubs. After Aug. 8, the Environmental Protection Bureau will continue to accept recycled clothes, toys, furniture, books and kitchen utensils from Tuesdays to Saturdays. The recycled items will later be available for purchase at a low price at the bureau and the revenue will be used for charitable causes, the bureau said. 