Raygun Creates T-Shirts Honoring Fired Park Ranger from Iowa

A National Park Ranger from Iowa who went viral for a post about him losing his job is getting some help from Iowa t-shirt company Raygun.

The Des Moines Register reports that Brian Gibbs made a Facebook post about his termination as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Park. His Valentine's Day post has been shared over 234,000 times and has more than 94,000 likes. His termination is one of just thousands of federal jobs cut by the Trump Administration. Gibbs wrote in his post that "without any type of formal notice, my position was ripped out from out under my feet at 4 p.m. on a cold snowy Friday."

The Register reports that the Iowa native says that he is "tired of being bullied and censored by billionaires." According to his post, this is the second time in five years that his position has been eliminated, forcing Gibbs to uproot his family.

Des Moines-based Raygun was so inspired by Gibbs' story, that they created two t-shirts to help support him. The Register reports that one shirt features an upside-down ranger hat with flowers and butterflies growing out of it. It features the words, "Gratitude - Reciprocity - Abundance" from his social media post. The second shirt is the full quote from Gibbs' post.

The Register reports that each shirt can be purchased for $24.95 and some of the proceeds will go to Gibbs and his family. You can purchase the shirts HERE.

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