Taylor Swift fan Lauren Kealy is hoping her idol might help ship her to the Dominican Republic.
The Grade 12 pupil at St. John Catholic Excessive Faculty in Perth, Ont. has been fundraising for months to pay for the mission journey that can ship her and 4 different college students to the Caribbean in February.
“We’ll be working with youngsters, portray homes, constructing roads, educating English, something that they want us to do, we’ll do for them,” mentioned Kealy.
The one hitch is that the overall value of the journey for the 5 college students is $20,000 with no monetary support from the varsity.
Earlier this summer season, Kealy and her household had been fortunate sufficient to safe tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Toronto subsequent November.
That is when she realized she was sitting on one of many hottest commodities round.
“We had 4 further tickets so we thought it might be a good suggestion to present two to the silent public sale desk at our gala to present different individuals an opportunity to go.”
The tickets might be auctioned off at an annual gala set to happen in Perth on Nov. 25 at Ferrall Corridor.
“Any individual will stroll out of there with two tickets to Taylor Swift,” mentioned Kealy’s mom Christine.
“And with a view to bid on the Taylor Swift tickets, it’s a must to buy tickets to the gala.”
The household says there are nonetheless roughly 100 tickets accessible to the gala at $45 every. The evening will embody dinner, dancing, in addition to different gadgets up for public sale together with Ottawa Senators tickets and televisions.
The tickets are for aisle seats within the 500-section of the Rogers Centre in November 2024.
The household says they paid $180 per ticket on Ticketmaster, however do not know what they are going to public sale for.
They’re hoping with the assistance of Taylor Swift, Kealy will have the ability to assist others.
“If we will elevate cash by means of the silent public sale and it permits these vacationers to go to the Dominican Republic to assist others, our purpose might be achieved,” Christine mentioned.
“And we predict Taylor would love that as properly.”
Tickets will be bought by contacting Nancy Shaw at [email protected] or 613-390-2092.
