{"id":20652,"date":"2024-12-26T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=20652"},"modified":"2024-12-26T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:02:11","slug":"amazing-reveals-taylor-swift-donated-a-whopping-250000-to-operation-breakthrough-an-organization-that-travis-kelce-has-been-a-supporter-of-for-the-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=20652","title":{"rendered":"AMAZING REVEALS!! 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Taylor Swift donates $250k to organization Travis Kelce has  supported for last decade\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About a week before Christmas, Mary Esselman got a call from Taylor Swift&#8217;s team. The singer wanted to donate a quarter of a million dollars to the Kansas City organization Esselman manages, Operation Breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our kids were pretty excited,&#8221; the CEO says. &#8220;We asked them if they wanted to do a little thank you, and you could see we had a lot of enthusiastic participants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The kids of Operation Breakthrough \u2014 a nonprofit that provides programs and quality child care for children of the working poor \u2014 created a one-minute video thanking the superstar for her $250,000 donation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;Thank you, Taylor,&#8221; one girl says while holding a hand heart to start the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-body\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Yahoo&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1870481627912278492&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2F2024%2F12%2F22%2Ftaylor-swift-kansas-city-operation-breakthrough-donation%2F77134418007%2F&amp;sessionId=7079ca0149fdcc357e99281fda3c7edd200f150e&amp;siteScreenName=Yahoo&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1870481627912278492\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The money from Swift will be divided between three programs: the workforce development and entrepreneurship program which includes 10 labs where kids can learn industry trades, the before and after school program which provides child care services for families when school is not in session, and the early learners program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;We have 432 students, birth to 5 year olds who are there every day for early care and education,&#8221; Esselman says about the early learners program. &#8220;Our goal is to make sure every child enters school ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"col-body mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">It was the end of a decade<\/h2>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Swift&#8217;s boyfriend Travis Kelce has been an advocate and financial supporter of Operation Breakthrough for the past 10 years. 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