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Taylor Swift sends fan money to pay college loans

GENEROUS: Taylor Swift continues to surprise fans with gift boxes Photo: Associated Press


Taylor Swift has done it again.

After crashing a baby shower and surprising fans with Christmas gifts, she’s brightened another fan’s day with a box of gifts which included money to help pay for college loans.

Swift fan Rebekah Bortnicker is seen in the video below reading a card and opening a box of gifts sent to her by her music idol. Swift was impressed with a video Bortnicker had posted online featuring the singer and her friends as the characters from the TV show “Friends.”

Bortnicker sifts through the box to find a necklace, a painting made by Swift of her nickname – “Becks,” and a check to put toward her student loans in the amount of $1,989 – an homage to her current hit album.

After opening all of her gifts, Bortnicker took to Tumblr to express her gratitude saying, “I never imagined you even knowing who I was let alone you taking your time to paint me something and to write me a note.”

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