Taylor Swift street sign auction raises over $200,000 for food bank

Ahead of her six-night run at the Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Canada, the city renamed Blue Jays Way (the street in front of the Rogers Centre) as Taylor Swift Way. This isn't the first time that a city have honoured Swift in this way, as last year, Arizona city Glendale renamed themselves Swift City, Las Vegas lighting up its Gateway Arches in colours that corresponded to different eras of Swifts career, being gifted key to the city of Arlington, Texas and having the German city Gelsenkirchen renamed itself Swiftkirchen.

There were also 22 other street signs, honouring Swift, that were put up in Toronto, which were due to be auctioned following Swift's run of shows. The Rogers Communications declared that they would match any bids up to $113,000. In total, the auction raised $216,842.96, with all proceeds being donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank which works to eliminate food insecurity and end poverty.

It’s official: Taylor Swift Way has raised $216,842.96 for the Daily Bread Food Bank! Thank you to everyone who bid on the signs, to Rogers for rounding up matching donations to $113,000, and thank you Daily Bread for working hard to combat food insecurity in Toronto.

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— Jennifer McKelvie (@McKelvieTO) December 2, 2024

Swift has been doing charitable work and helping non-profit companies all throughout The Eras Tour, with a donation to Three Square Food Bank in Southern Nevada, and reportedly giving The Eras Tour truck drivers a bonus of $100k each, donating to a South Louisiana food bank and helping them provide 75,000 meals to families in need, among many others.