Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are celebrating their fast-approaching wedding day by giving back to the cities in America that have been most special to them, donating $26 million to charities in Kansas City, New York City, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Reading, Pa., and more.
The pop superstar’s rep shared the news with Billboard on Thursday (July 2), sending a list of 20 different organizations in the United States that will benefit from the couple’s contributions. Some of them — such as Feeding America, ASPCA, Dolly Parton”s Imagination Library and Grammy In The Schools — provide services across the country, but most of the charities are located in cities and towns that are of personal significance to Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.
That includes Helping Harvest in Reading, where Swift was born and raised nearby, as well as After-School All-Stars in Cleveland, where Kelce is from. The couple also chose to donate money to The Store food bank in Nashville, where the 14-time Grammy winner first forged her music career, and Children’s Mercy Hospital and Harvesters – The Community Food Network in Kansas City, the home base of the team for which Kelce has played since 2013.
In addition to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Rhode Island Community Food Bank — both located in places where Swift has lived and worked — the singer and athlete contributed to several charities in New York City, where Swift will soon get married after living there for more than a decade. The Big Apple organizations include City Harvest, Food Bank For NYC, New York Cares, Education Through Music, Answer The Call, Musical Mentors, After-School All-Stars, MSK Kids and Hassenfeld Children’s Hosipal at NYU Langone.
Though not specified in the official announcement, the eye-popping donation appears to be a part of how Swift and Kelce are celebrating their wedding weekend, especially considering the personal significance of each city on the list to the couple. They’re set to celebrate their nuptials at Madison Square Garden on July 3, according to a law enforcement official.
