Taylor Swift has reached into her coffers to donate money to another worthwhile cause. The 21-year-old, who previously donated almost $1 million from her 'Speak Now ... Help Now!' dress rehearsal concert, to benefit Alabama tornado victims following April's deadly storms, has offered another large check, this time to a Tuscaloosa-based organization.

The Pennsylvania native gave $250,000 to benefit Nick's Kids, which has already donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to recovery efforts. "Taylor Swift's overwhelmingly generous gift will go a long way in helping our rebuilding efforts," Nick's Kids founder Nick Saban says (quote via Alabama TV station WBRC). "Since all of our Nick's Kids staff and workers are volunteers, every dollar will go towards the relief efforts ... Taylor deserves a big 'Roll Tide' from our community and we sincerely thank her for joining the team at Nick's Kids."

The songbird became especially sensitive to the plight of storm victims, after she witnessed her own neighborhood suffering damage from the flood that plagued Nashville last year. "It was the craziest thing that I've ever seen," Taylor says of the rain that poured down for more than 24 hours. "I was at my house in Hendersonville [Tenn.] We were staring out the window, thinking it didn't seem like rain. It just seemed like something in a movie. It was really emotional for me because those are the streets I learned to drive on. People's houses are just ruined. It was so heartbreaking to see that in my town, the place that I call home, and the place that I feel most safe. I just send my love to my friends and neighbors who got hit harder than I did."

Taylor, who donated $500,000 to aid in Music City's recovery efforts, also gave generously to Japan, New Zealand and Australia in recent months. She is currently in the middle of the North American leg of her Speak Now World tour, which travels to Michigan, Indianapolis and Ohio this week. Keep track of her schedule here.

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