Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marked their wedding by asking their guests to give back.
The couple, who wed in a lavish ceremony at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 3, reportedly eschewed gifts — instead encouraging guests to make charitable donations to celebrate their big day.
One such donation went to the Hancock County Humane Foundation, an animal rescue in New Cumberland, West Virginia, which documented a very special visit by Swift, 36, Kelce, 37, and two of their guests via its Instagram account on Wednesday, November 11.
The animal sanctuary posted a picture of the A-list couple alongside attorney Mike Simon and his wife, Lisa, who were apparently in attendance at the couple’s nuptials.
“Four beautiful people, four generous hearts,” the foundation captioned the post. “The Hancock County Humane Foundation is honored to acknowledge a very generous donation from Attorney Mike Simon and his wife Lisa in honor of a very special wedding they recently attended.”
The caption continued, “The amazing bride and groom asked for donations to charities in lieu of gifts and Mike and Lisa chose us!!”
In the pic, Swift can be seen wearing blue jeans and a red top, while Kelce wore a Tommy Hilfiger windbreaker jacket in black and blue and a baseball cap.
Before their July 3 wedding, the Grammy winner and Kansas City Chiefs tight end made numerous donations totaling $26 million to causes close to their heart.
The late Dolly Parton, who died at age 75 in August, publicly thanked the stars for donating $2 million to her Imagination Library, which distributes free books to children under age 5.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m blown away and overjoyed with that gratitude,” the “Jolene” singer said in a July Instagram video. “The mission of the Dollywood Foundation is to dream more, care more, learn more and be more. And thank you again for your very generous gift. And we’ll continue that mission even in bigger ways now with your money. So, thank you and know that I will always love you.”
Other recipients of the couple’s generosity included New York City’s City Harvest, Food Bank for NYC, New York Cares and the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone. They also donated to the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Brad Paisley’s The Store in Nashville and national organizations Feeding America and the ASPCA.
“We’re truly inspired by Taylor and Travis’s generosity to so many wonderful organizations and extremely grateful that The Store is included among them,” Paisley and his wife, Kimberly, told People in July. “This gift will go a long way toward helping our neighbors facing food insecurity in Nashville. What a beautiful way to celebrate the beginning of a marriage!”
