How do I outline hand-drawn type made of multiple strokes?

I designed a logo for some family friends, and the main part of the logo is hand-drawn, and it is made of multiple (a TON) of strokes. The company is getting t-shirts made, and the t-shirt company contacted me to get a "vector file with the fonts outlined." I know quite well how to do this on actual fonts, but have no idea how to outline a series of strokes. Help! Thank you!

Thanks Kurt,
I've already tried that, but since the writing is made of tons of strokes, it only outlines all of those individual strokes and not the whole word.
This is the portion of the logo that is hand-drawn, and what I can't figure out how to outline...
And this shows all of the strokes that go into it (this is when it's selected)... I'm guessing this is part of my problem.

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