Singer Taylor Swift donates $1 million to Tennessee tornado victims

Los Angeles: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has donated $1 million to help the victims of the Tennessee tornado. The 33-year-old pop megastar, who recently became a billionaire and has been generous with donations in the past, has pledged a large sum of money to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help people whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by hurricanes and tornadoes. , reports Female First UK.

Several people have been confirmed dead and 50 injured as a result of several tornadoes that hit the state. Taylor, 33, is originally from Pennsylvania but moved to Nashville to study music as a teen. The money will be spent on food, temporary shelter, sanitation and more.

According to Female First UK, the Grammy-winning artiste has also donated to food poverty charities in the cities on her ‘Eraz Tour’.

Taylor donated enough money to make 125,000 meals for food bank users in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The musician kicked off ‘The Era’ trek in Glendale, Arizona on March 17, and it was revealed that he made a surprise donation to the Arizona Food Bank Network as part of his commitment to make a positive impact in communities during his tour.

Terry Shoemaker, vice president of external relations at the Arizona Food Bank Network, told Azcentral.com: “It’s not every day that you get a call from someone working in PR for Taylor Swift, so we were skeptical at first, But happily, it turned out to be absolutely genuine. Donations like this from very high-profile people like Taylor Swift show that hunger is still a problem in America, it’s here and it’s a problem across the country.