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The band, known as The Pride of the Southland, wore the shirt under its traditional Saturday uniform during the Volunteers' 45-0 win over the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.
A Florida fan caught the eye of the world earlier this month after being teased for pinning a U.T. logo on an orange shirt for college colors day of his elementary school. In a Facebook message that went viral, his teacher wrote that the boy was devastated.
She thanked the volunteers Friday and said that the experience had been a great lesson for her students.
"We had a lot of discussions about kindness and I'm really excited to see my students intensifying their acts of kindness," she wrote.
The university adopted the boy's t-shirt as the official reason and said it received more than 50,000 pre-orders. All proceeds from the sale will go to the charity Stomp Out Bullying.
Tennessee also awarded the boy a 4-year scholarship last week and offered him an honorary admission in the 2032 promotion.
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