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“Believe Memphis” may have started as a motto to build support for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA Playoffs, but the words have taken on a life of their own as parts of the city grapple with yet-undetermined flood damage.

Florida-based t-shirt company Encore Select Inc. has created a shirt to benefit the Red Cross relief efforts in Memphis. The blue tee features the words “Believe Memphis” in bold letters, positioned under “Memphis Pride.”

โ€œWe are your neighbor south in Florida and we are familiar with devastation caused by Mother Nature and the resulting trauma on a community,โ€ says Richard Moore, president of Encore Select, Inc. โ€œBELIEVE โ€ฆ says it all.”

The shirts may be ordered on Encore, Select Inc.’s website. They’re $19.99, and a portion of the proceeds benefit the Red Cross.

The first round of printing begins tomorrow, Friday, May 13th, at JnJ Graphic Solutions in Memphis.