Pay it Forward Taylor Swift

Pay it Forward Taylor Swift Pay it Forward: Taylor Swift Image Source: Chegg on YouTubeTAYLOR Swift is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of showbiz, having achieved colossal record sales and amassed a multi-million-follower social media community. But the real  Taylor Swift news shows that this  26-year-old US singer is not just about the sales: last year, she was honoured, for the fourth year running, as the most charitable celebrity on the Celebs Gone Good list of  DoSomething.org, one  of the world’s largest organisations  for young people  and  social change. It’s not just about Taylor Swifts charity donations but her ongoing support of a range of organisations throughout her career.So as well as sales of 40m albums and 130m single downloads, and combined social media  of more than 261m (including  19.7m on  YouTube;  79.9m on  Twitter;  86.6m  on  Instagram;  and 75m  on Facebook), Swift has  also carved out a reputation as someone who makes a genuine difference in people’s lives.Swift, whose father is a financial advisor and mother is a homemaker, displayed  a talent  for musical theatre from the age of nine years, and she went on to significant acclaim in the country music field before catching the ear of the pop world with such infectious hits as Shake It Off.Her undoubted talent and commercial appeal  is  reflected in a  haul of 10 Grammys,  19 American Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, 22 Billboard Music Awards, one  Brit Award and one  Emmy, as well as her status as one of the five musical acts with the highest  global digital sales. But this well-worn Taylor Swift news is  only part of the story. And the most interesting tale of all is not just limited to Taylor Swift’s charity donations but also what she does to actually help people on an ongoing basis, especially disadvantaged and sick children as well as  victims of natural disaster, but also programmes that improve young people’s outlook and prospects for the future. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Educationimage source:  the Tayor Swift Education Centre on  FACEBOOKSWIFT  is a notable  supporter of education, both in the school system and elsewhere.  In 2009, she  donated $250,000 to a number of US schools she had had contact with. The schools used the funding for  textbooks, to pay teachers’ salaries, and fund educational programs.Arts in the education system is a significant beneficiary of her generosity.  In 2010, Henderson High School in Nashville used a Swift donation of $75,000 to refurbish the sound and lighting systems in its auditorium. In 2012, she staged a  VH1 Storytellers performance on  the campus of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, after the college won a competition established by Swift with textbook rental company  Chegg, Papa Johns, Covergirl and American Greetings. In addition, the college and five others contending each received a grant of $10,000 for their music departments from Swift herself and  Chegg for Good.Also that year, Swift donat ed $4m  for  the  Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame Museum  new  education centre, which has been hosting programs and workshops for people of all ages since its  opening  in 2014. The facility now bears her name (the  Taylor Swift Education Centre) and she plays an advisory role in the centre.Relief Workvideo source:  YOUTUBEREPORTERS of Taylor  Swift news also tend to overlook the significance of the singer’s support  for victims of natural disaster through donation. In 2008, she  used money made from her merchandise sales at the Country Music Festival for a donation to the  Red Cross  disaster relief fund. She donated an additional £100,000 to the Red Cross humanitarian effort in the wake of the Iowa flood that year.In 2010, Swift took part in the Hope for Haiti TV Special, singing and answering phone calls from viewers willing to donate, and later recording a  song for the charity’s  album.Following  the 2010 Tennessee floods, she  donated $500,000 during another TV special hosted by Nashville news channel,  WSMV   and a further $100,000 towards the  rebuilding of a Hendersonville playground damaged by the flood.In 2011, she donated $250,000 to Nick’s Kids, Alabama football coach Nick Sabans charity, to help relief effort in West Alabama in response to the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of that year. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Children’s Charitiesvideo source:  YOUTUBENOTED also for her work with children’s charities, in 2008 the singer  donated a pink Chevy pick-up truck to the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for children with healthcare needs, which uses the truck for  transporting  young visitors to the facility.She donated $25,000 the to the  St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee in 2011, and the following year performed the song  Ronan in the  Stand Up to Cancer TV Special. She wrote the song in memory of  four-year-old boy who died of neuroblastoma. The song was available  as a digital downl oad, with  all profits donated to a number of cancer charities.In 2014, Swift donated $100,000 to the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and $50,000 to The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia.Working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation  she has  also visited sick children at the  St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.