ACM Lifting Lives executive director Erin Spahn and Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift just helped wrap up the 2011 CMA Music Festival, but the country/pop star’s big weekend wasn’t just about her. On Saturday, she joined with the Academy of Country Music‘s charitable arm ACM Lifting Lives to present St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a donation of $50,000.
The financial contribution comes as part of the ACM Lifting Lives Entertainer of the Year Matching Gift program. Lifting Lives teams up with the year’s reigning top entertainer — currently Swift — and doubles a gift that musician makes to the charity of their choice. Swift contributed $25,000, and Lifting Lives matched.
ACM Lifting Lives executive director Erin Spahn met up with Swift Saturday at her sold-out Speak Now tour stop in Detroit, and the two checks headed for St. Jude met up.
St. Jude has received a good share of support from the country music community this year — the pediatric cancer center was Celebrity Apprentice winner John Rich‘s chosen charity, and his work on that show raised more than $1.25 million.
This marks the Matching Gift program’s third year; past recipients are the C.A.T.S. Foundation, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and MusiCares.
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