Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to Louisiana public school system for flood relief

Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to Louisiana public school system for flood relief

by Joseph Anthony
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Taylor Swift is signing the blank space on a check yet again, this time for a school system in flood-ravaged Louisiana.

The singer donated $50,000 to Ascension Public Schools whose students and faculty had recently lip-synced her hit โ€œShake It Offโ€ in a back-to-school video to aid in recovery after last monthโ€™s deadly deluge.

The hefty sum is likely part of the $1 million Swift pledged to the Bayou Stateโ€™s flood victims in August, school public information officer Jackie Tisdell told the Daily News in an email Saturday

โ€œWe will use it to replace classroom items lost in the flood like laptops for students,โ€ Tisdell said. โ€œAll of our 5th-12th graders have a personal computing device they can take home. Many of those were lost in the flood.โ€

School superintendent David Alexander said in a statement the schools were โ€œoverwhelmed by the generosity of those wanting to help our students.โ€

The Grammy winner announced Aug. 16 she would donate $1 million for flood relief in Louisiana, one of the first stops on her โ€œ1989 World Tour.โ€

โ€œThe fact that so many people in Louisiana have been forced out of their own homes this week is heartbreaking,โ€ she said in a statement at the time. โ€œI encourage those who can to help out and send your love and prayers their way during this devastating time.โ€

Swiftโ€™s goodwill rรฉsumรฉ has lately also included Facetiming with a terminally ill fan and donating $5,000 to the family of a fan who died in a car accident.

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