Why We Can All Stop Hating Taylor Swift

Publish date: 2024-05-17

For years, Swift has made efforts to give back in ways big and small. In September 2017, E! News reported that Swift made "a very sizable donation" to a Houston, Texas food bank after the region was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. The Huffington Post reported that after her sexual assault trial, she made a "generous donation" to fellow survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence through pal Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation.

Fuse reported in 2016 that Swift donated $100,000 to Dolly Parton's telethon to benefit Tennessee wildfire victims; $5,000 to a fan who lost her sister in a car accident; $1 million to Louisiana flood victims; $50,000 to the Baton Rouge Food Bank; a donation to African Parks; and a large tribute gift to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in honor of her godson, actress Jaime King's son, Leo.

In 2015, Swift donated so much to so many causes that she prompted GoFundMe to increase donation limits on the service.

In 2014, she began a grassroots campaign she referred to as "Swiftmas," which involved her monitoring her own fans' social media pages and surprising them with gifts. She even visited one fan at her home and brought gifts for her toddler son.

In 2012, First Lady Michelle Obama honored Swift with the Nickelodeon Big Help Award to recognize her charitable work, reported CMT.

Keep in mind, these are only a few of the good deeds that we know about. There are probably many more that haven't been publicized.

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