Dolly Parton Thanks Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce for $2 Million Donation

On Thursday, ahead of their rumored Madison Square Garden wedding ceremony, Swift and Kelce announced a $26 million donation to charities are based in cities that hold personal connections to the couple. They include Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Nashville’s The Store, Helping Harvest in Swift’s hometown of Reading, P.A., Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital and Harvesters – The Community Food Network, After-School All-Stars in Kelce’s hometown of Cleveland, along with several national charities like Feeding America National, ASPCA National, Grammy In The Schools National, and Parton’s Imagination Library.

“You know the mission of the Dollywood Foundation is to dream more, care more, learn more, and be more,” Parton added. “And thank you again for your very generous gift, and we’ll continue that mission, even in bigger ways now with your money.” 

Parton closed out her video message by singing to the couple, “I will always love you.”

The couple also donated to charities in places that were rumored wedding destinations, like Community Food Bank in Rhode Island, where Swift also owns a home. Nine charities in New York received a donation, including New York City’s City Harvest, Food Bank for NYC, New York Cares, Education Through Music in New York, Answer The Call in New York, Musical Mentors in New York, After-School All- Stars in New York, MSK Kids, the pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Children & Teen and Adolescents & Young Adult (AYA) Programs, and Hassenfeld Children’s Hosipal at NYU Langone.