A Tennessee fan living in Florida just had his dreams come true when UT President Randy Boyd decided to pick his design for a new nation-wide anti-bullying campaign.
When Dale Brill taped a home-drawn “U T” design to the front of an orange shirt, other school kids began picking on him. His school teacher decided to share the story of bullying on Facebook, and the story quickly went viral.
Other Vol fans from around the country took up the cause and began a campaign to buy not only send him an official Vols shirt, but also a ton of other gear for the young fan.
The campaign became so big, that the president of UT designed that the story needed to be immortalized by turning Brill’s design into an official school shirt.
I was touched to learn of a young Florida school student’s heart for the University of Tennessee, and I LOVED his imagination behind designing his own shirt. So many of us admire his love for UT and it’s awesome to see everyone step up to send him some UT gear!#EverywhereUT pic.twitter.com/83YqjzBxag
— UT Interim President Randy Boyd (@UT_President) September 5, 2019
You can now order the shirt from the official online Vol Shop. A portion of the proceeds from every shirt sold will be donated to the non-profit ‘Stomp Out Bullying’.
The story sparked such a movement of love around campus, that the school’s official rock is now painted with the design;
