As Florida and the southern United States recover from catastrophic Hurricanes Helen and Milton, some of the biggest stars in film, music and sports are showing their support.
Wednesday, Feed America Taylor Swift thanked her for donating $5 million to the organization’s relief efforts across Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee as the mega cat. 3 A storm approached Florida.
“We are extremely grateful to Taylor Swift for her generous donation of $5 million to Hurricane Helen and Milton relief efforts,” Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, said in a statement. “This contribution will help communities rebuild and recover, providing essential food, clean water and supplies to people affected by these devastating storms. Together, we can make a real impact in supporting families as they face the challenges ahead. Thank you Taylor for standing with us in the movement to end hunger and help communities The needy.
Babineau-Fontenot also expressed her appreciation for Swift’s friends Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, who donated $1 million to Feeding America.
“Their longstanding support of Feeding America in times of crisis has helped our network on the ground before, during and after disasters,” she said in a statement. statement Thursday. “These funds will help food banks provide basic needs such as water, ready-to-eat foods and supplies to communities facing devastating loss and a long recovery.
Since Helen’s landfall, Feeding America has deployed more than 140 truckloads of food, water and other relief supplies to 11 food banks.
Also on Thursday, Tom Brady announced a $100,000 donation to relief efforts, which he matched Give with gobov. “Keep those affected by these storms in your prayers, look out for your neighbors, and continue to help in any way you can,” Brady wrote in a statement on Twitter. X. “Stay safe and stay strong, Florida.”
Last week, Dolly Parton donated $1 million to… Mountain roadswhich provides immediate relief to the areas of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and Appalachia. Her donation was matched by her Dollywood Foundation and other companies.
“I am completely with you because I am part of you,” she said in a press conference. “I have a lot of relatives who live here, and when we heard about this it was devastating, not just because they were my family, because all these people feel like they are my people. We all feel connected, we are in a way. So it just devastated me to know that we had to suffer.” that way.
Parton added: “You’re never ready, all you have to do is try to progress. God has been good to me, and so has the audience, and I feel like if there’s anything I can do to give back in any way I can then I’m always willing to do that.”
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3 million people without power. The state is still recovering from the cat. 4. Hurricane Helen, which left at least five people dead in Florida, and more than 200 deaths elsewhere.
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