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Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to Dolly Parton telethon for Tennessee fire victims

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 10: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift attends the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Swift donated $100,000 to help Tennessee wildfire victims in December 2016. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 10: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift attends the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Swift donated $100,000 to help Tennessee wildfire victims in December 2016. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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Dec 9, 2016

Taylor Swift has joined the Academy of Country Music in donating to help the victims of the east Tennessee fires.

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Swift donated $100,000 to Dolly Parton's "Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund," The Tennessean reported. The telethon will air on Tuesday. The ACM also donated $100,000 to bring the total to $200,000 to kick off the telethon.

The fires took 14 lives and destroyed millions of dollars of property.

Kenny Chesney, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, has teamed up with the Country Music Association to donate $500,000. A portion of that donation will also go to Parton's My People Fund.

Tuesday’s show will feature a lineup of country music legends including Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Alison Krauss, Chris Stapleton and others.

Checks can be mailed to the Dollywood Foundation, 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd., Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. Donations can be made online at dollywoodfoundation.org.

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