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She did it again! Taylor Swift has proven she's got one ofHollywood's biggest hearts. The singer has donated a hefty sum to help the nephew ofone of her backup dancers.
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Taylor, 25, gave $50,000 to 13-month-old Ayden, who isbattling cancer, and left a sweet message on the little boy's Go Fund Me pageon Wednesday, September 30.
"Baby Ayden, I'm lucky enough to perform with youruncle Toshi on tour. All of us are praying for you and your mama and sending somuch love your way. Love, Taylor," she wrote. Her donation took the totalto just under $54,000 – almost $29,000 more than the original goal.
Toshi, who had posted a photo on Instagram with his nephewon Wednesday, asking fans to pray for the little boy, was overwhelmed.
"@taylorswift is an angel and My family and I can'tthank her enough," he wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "Sheis such an incredible human being… This will help little Toshi in this time ofneed… Let's pray for him to beat this… This unexpected gift is truly ablessing."
Taylor's own life has been touched by cancer – earlier thisyear she revealed that her mom is battling the disease.
It's not the first time the kindhearted Grammy-winner hasleft a substantial donation on a Go Fund Me page. In July, she donated the same amount to an 11-year-old fan who is battling leukemia and had to miss out on attendingone of Taylor's 1989 shows.
And in April she gave $15,000 to a firefighter who rescuedhis wife and son from an almost-fatal car accident. The "Bad Blood" singer also sends gifts tofans throughout the year and at Christmastime.
In an interview with the UK's Telegraph in May, Taylortalked about giving back to her fans. "Sending presents is fun for me. IfI go a week without sending something, I start to feel bad," she said. "I'mgetting to know them on a person-by-person basis. When I pick people to sendpackages to, I go on their social media sites for the last six months andfigure out what they like or what they are going through."