Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Donate $1 Million for Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Donate $1 Million for Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have made a generous donation to support hurricane relief efforts following the devastation of Helene and Milton in the southeastern United States.

“We are grateful to the amazing people on the ground who are providing what is needed for the families who lost so much in this brutal disaster,” Lively and Reynolds told E! News in an October 10 statement. Our hearts go out to all those affected by the double tragedy of these hurricanes.” If you can join us, check out the Feeding America website.”

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, released a statement expressing her and Feeding America's gratitude for the couple's donation.

“We thank Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for their $1 million donation to our disaster relief fund for Hurricanes Helene and Milton,” Babineaux-Fontenot wrote in X. Their years of support for Feeding America in times of crisis has helped our network on the ground before, during, and after disasters.” These funds will help the food bank provide basic needs such as water, ready-to-eat food, and supplies to communities facing heartbreaking loss and long recovery.”

Earlier this week, Taylor Swift, a friend of Lively and Reynolds, also donated $5 million to Feeding America. If you would like to join the stars in supporting this charity, you can do so through a dedicated hurricane relief page here.

Or read Marie Claire's guide to helping those affected by Hurricane Helene to learn what you can do right now.

Tom Brady, Dolly Parton, and Morgan Warren are among other public figures who have donated to hurricane relief, as reported by Forbes.

Hurricane Helene, which occurred in late September, devastated six states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia; CNN reported that the death toll as of October 7 was 232.

Milton arrived in Florida earlier this week, and according to the New York Times, the death toll stands at 12 as of this writing.

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