Even the Monsters of the Midway are Washington high school football fans.

The Chicago Bears are planning to wear T-shirts sporting a Panthers logo during their Sunday pregame and postgame press conferences, according Washington athletics director Herb Knoblauch.

A EF-4 tornado moved northeast through Washington, Ill. late Sunday morning. It killed one person, damaged close to 1,000 homes and left thousands homeless.

Knoblauch says Scott Hagel, who is the Chicago Bears Senior Director of Corporate Communications, contacted him about wanting to help with some relief assistance.

During the conversation, Knoblauch said Hagel asked about getting the Washington logo from the school to raise awareness.

Knoblauch said the school’s newer logo, which includes a black panther crawling inside an orange block ‘W,’ and its iconic script orange ‘W’ — which the football team uses on its helmets — both were sent to the NFL franchise by Roger Holzhauer, who owns TeamWorks, a Washington-based athletic apparel and sporting goods store.

Holzhauer said the Bears official he talked with said he wanted to use the logo as a ‘sign of solidarity.’

According to Rule 5, Section 4, Article 6 of the online NFL Rulebook, a team must gain approval through the league office to display logos in addition to those of the league and team.

The Bears travel to face the St. Louis Rams at noon Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.