Taylor Swift has pledged to donate $500,000 to help Nashville flooding victims.  It was announced on “Flood Relief with Vince Gills and Friends,” a local TV telethon in Nashville, according to the Associated Press.

Swift said in an email to AP, I was home while the storm was going on.  I couldn’t believe what happened to Nashville and people that I dearly love.  My home is Nashville.  It is the reason I am able to play music and do the things I love.  Of course I’ve always been proud of being a Nashvillian.  However, especially now, when I see all the love running through the city when people are in crisis.

The expected cost for repair and cleanup is estimated at over $1 billion.

Other relief efforts are in the works.  On June 16 Ke$sha, Nashville native and pop star, will hold a benefit concert for flood relief in Nashville at Limelight.

GAC, the cable network of country music, announced a telethon will be aired live on May 16 from Ryman Auditorium.  The country music stars that will be participating in the telethon include Rodney Atkins, Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley.

The Grammy Block Party, hosted by the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy, will take place at Nashville’s Owen Bradley Park on May 11.  The 12th annual party will be a fundraiser this year  for the MusiCares Nashville Floor Relief Fund.

Finally, the CMA Festival will be donating half of net proceeds to Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee from the 2010 festival held in June for flood relief.