I can't be there to help them with their houses, but there had to be something I could do. This is very personal to us, but it's also much larger than us.

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Ribbons have become this way to express solidarity, so I thought what better way to reach out across the country than to have Mardi Gras ribbons.

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Mardi Gras is celebrated all up and down the coast, so it seemed like a real symbol of the region to me.

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