The more successful and wealthy Taylor Swift is, the more charitable activities she does to share with the unfortunate lives she cares deeply about.

On an afternoon in late March 2014, the atmosphere at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA suddenly became lively because the patients being treated here knew that singer Taylor Swift – her idol. of them – will visit the hospital in person for about 1 hour. But when witnessing the joy of the unfortunate fans, Taylor decided to stay with them until nearly 5 o’clock.

Completely volunteering

Shelby Huff, a 17-year-old patient with bone marrow failure, said she was extremely happy when Taylor not only talked but also took a souvenir photo with her. Shelby’s mother also commented: “She is so sweet and sincere. At that time, there were also parents of other patients in the center and everyone was really excited!

TTaylor Swift visits and gives an autograph to a child patient at Philadelphia Hospital. Photo: CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

That visit was one of countless times Taylor spent time visiting, encouraging and giving life to patients with serious illnesses at many hospitals across the United States. Since becoming famous, Taylor has participated in many activities providing special care services for children with serious illnesses, such as: donating patient transport vehicles to Victory Junction Pediatric Center (2008); Participated in performances and donated 20,000 USD to the Children In Need campaign of British Television BBC (2009); wrote the song Ronan to commemorate a 4-year-old boy who passed away from neuroblastoma and donated all online sales of this song to various anti-cancer campaigns (2012)… Year In 2014, the 25-year-old singer contributed $100,000 to the V Foundation Cancer Research Fund, visited and donated $50,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to support cancer treatment programs here, of which the first step is Create conditions for children to freely create music during their treatment period.

Throughout his career, Taylor also enthusiastically helped victims of natural disasters both inside and outside the United States. In 2008, she donated all proceeds from product sales at the Country Music Festival to the International Red Cross and donated $100,000 to help victims of the historic flood in Iowa. When the devastating earthquake in Haiti occurred in 2010, Taylor performed in the Hope for Haiti fundraising campaign and volunteered to answer the phones of audience members who wanted to donate money to victims of the disaster. After natural disasters in recent years in the US such as the flood in Tennessee in 2010, the tornado in West Alabama or superstorm Sandy in 2012, Taylor contributed large amounts of money to relief campaigns.

Role model for young people

In today’s world, almost every artist does charity work, but with Taylor Swift, people feel that the more successful and wealthy she is, the more she “gives back to life”. Therefore, it is not surprising that Taylor has led the list of the most active charity stars of the year for 3 consecutive years, compiled and published by the non-profit organization Do Something. Taylor’s contributions were also recognized by The Giving Back Fund, Tennessee Disaster Prevention Committee…; In particular, in 2012, she was awarded the “Big Help” award by US First Lady Michelle Obama for her “devotion to helping others” and “inspiring people through concrete actions.” body”. Human rights activist Kerry Kennedy – Director of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights – also praised her: “So young yet so active in social activities, Taylor is truly a role model.” that we want our children to emulate.”

Taylor Swift once described herself as “an internet kid” and in her early career, she used the social networking site My Space to build her fan community. Therefore, Taylor’s fan base is extremely large. They closely follow all of her daily activities on My Space, Twitter or Facebook.

Since then, Taylor herself also believes that it is her responsibility to be aware of her influence on young fans. She always pays close attention to her fashion style every time she performs on stage or appears at formal red carpet events such as the Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys… while many contemporary stars such as Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj often “shock” with revealing outfits that show off their skin, but people have never once seen Taylor Swift wearing offensive clothes that upset public opinion.

After 10 years of artistic activities, Taylor Swift has entered the public’s hearts as a talented, intelligent, brave, compassionate girl and most importantly, always maintains a youthful and sweet image. , flawless… Those are the qualities of a true star that many artists should learn from.

“Strong sponsor” of education

Taylor Swift has also contributed to many youth art education projects in the US over the years. In 2012, she spent $4 million to help build an education center at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and in 2014, the nearly 400-square-foot structure opened to host shows and events. Art education workshops serving area youth and adults. In 2013, she contributed $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Taylor contributed $250,000 to buy books, raise education funds and help pay teacher salaries to all the schools she knew or had attended before. In 2014, along with the commercial success of the album 1989, Taylor donated all profits from the song Welcome to New York to the public school system in New York.