Many parent groups have "sunshine committees" to send out cards or buy flowers or something like that if someone has a serious illness or passes away; I don't see this as really being all that different, except that the amount is a little bigger. If the bandanas were pretty generic and done in the school colors, for example, they would be a nice show of solidarity and could be used again on other days as a sign of school spirit.
- mum24kids
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