Local Charity Event For Little Girl A Must For Taylor Swift Fans
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Mariah Carey may be the ‘Queen of Christmas’, but Taylor Swift is ‘Queen of the World’ right now. Just her mere presence anywhere boosts revenue for cities. If you’re a ‘Swiftie’ or know someone who is, there’s a local charity that’s giving you a chance to score major tickets to a Swift show and you’ll also be helping a local little girl.
Diana Roetting sent me an email about the charity bloom for a cure. Not only is she the Co-founder of the charity, she’s also the mom to a sweet two-year-old named Rosie. LOVE that name! Rosie is different from other toddlers. Unfortunately, Rosie is suffering from an ultra-rare genetic disease called GMPPA. The disease alters the metabolism of every cell in the body. This causes an inability to eat by mouth, in addition to significant neurological damage and cognitive impairment.
As cute Rosie grows older, many of her symptoms will worsen. Her mom says life-expectancy of people with this disease is unknown. There is good news though! A cure is possible with gene therapy. The cost is insanely high. It will cost around $4 million to create.
Rosie, and others with the disease are being overlooked by the pharmaceutical industry. There are less than 30 cases of this disease in the world. Diana and her husband are on a mission to find a cure for their daughter, and others suffering from this disease. Creating the charity bloom for a cure is their first step.
You Can Help Rosie And Score Swift Tix
Diana and her husband, raising over $400,000 in 15 months, are continuing their quest to find a cure. You can help by buying a raffle ticket. They’re offering Swift tickets with their ‘Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Raffle!’ Winning the raffle means you’ll score two floor seats to the October 27, 2024 show in New Orleans. In addition, you’ll snag three nights in the New Orleans Marriott located on Canal Street.
Despite not being a ‘Swiftie’, I know that getting tickets for any of her shows can be extremely difficult. By purchasing a raffle tickets, you’re not only have a chance to grab THE biggest concert ticket of the year, but you’re also helping towards the goal of saving Rosie. Although I’m not a parent, I cannot imagine the constant fear of losing a child.
The raffle for the tickets is happening until February 29. The winner will be drawn on March 5 and tickets are $50. And yes, you can buy as many as you’d like. 100% of the proceeds are going to bloom for a cure as the non-profit is leading the charge to cure thyis ultra-rare, neurological disease called GMPPA-CDG that affects less than 30 kids in the world. Because there are so few cases, it’s truly up to US to fight for these kids. You can find out more about
Rosie and bloom for the cure here, and start buying
raffle tickets here.
Information on Taylor Swift raffle for charity bloom for a cure
The 7 Best Quotes From Taylor Swift's Time Person Of The Year Interview
It’s official Taylor Swift is Time’s Person of The Year for 2023. It’s really no surprise, her “Eras Tour” was the concert of a lifetime with attendees spending thousands upon thousands of dollars for the chance to see it. The film version of the tour garnered more than $250 million at the box office. She was Spotify and Apple Music’s most streamed artist of the year behind rereleases of Speak Now and 1989 but dubbed (Taylor’s Version). To crown anyone else as Person Of The Year would be well odd. Her success in 2023 is frankly mind-blowing. Not because it’s not well deserved, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks she is more deserving than I do. But because as a fan of Taylor Swift going on 17/18 years, I’ve thought she was on top of the world many times.
On Top Of The World
Even in the early years of Fearless and Speak Now she was selling out arenas in literal minutes. This was before the days of pick-your-own-seat maps on Ticketmaster. You were given randomly selected seats and if you refreshed the page odds are you weren’t getting tickets. Thought I’d take those days back compared to the disaster that ticket buying is today. But that’s another rant.
In those days Speak Now became the first album to sell over 1 million copies in its first week since the boyband days of the early 2000s. A feat the music industry never thought would happen again. But it did. And it’s something she’s continued to do year after year, including her biggest debut week ever coming in 2023 with 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Then there was the original 1989 era. Her full-fledged debut into pop. She was on top of the world, but as mentioned in this Time Person of the Year article, that only gave her farther to fall.
The Time Person Of The Year Interview
Throughout her long career, she has given numerous interviews with different publications. Though they are few and far between these days. I probably have close to 50 magazines that she’s graced the cover of stashed under my bed at my parent’s house. And when someone is as good with words as Taylor is, well these interviews often contain some great quotes. Taylor’s interview for Time Person Of The Year 2023 is no exception. And I fully believe you need to read the article in its entirety. The interviewer herself even said how everything Taylor told her seemed crafted to tell the story. But if you don’t have time to read the whole thing (again please do at some point) here are some of the cliff notes. Some are deep thoughts other more moments of comic relief. But they are what stood out to me during my first read.
(And yes there are three covers of the physical version of this magazine. And yes I ordered them all).
The 7 Best Quotes From Taylor Swift’s Time Person Of The Year Interview
Melany Myers is a Gastonia native and has spent most of her life here in North Carolina. Mel has worked in radio for over 20 years, many of which she spent co-hosting morning shows in Charlotte, NC, and Columbia, SC. Mel loves 80’s music, going to concerts, cooking, and eating! She is always writing about random news stories that really make you wonder, “what in the world?!” She also writes about rock music and human-interest content.