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Taylor Swift: "Have a great holiday season." (Photo: Wikimedia)
Popular singer Taylor Swift has pledged $13,000 to help a Macomb County mom of two who was featured in a Washigton Post story about people struggling to pay rent and cover other basic needs during the pandemic.
"Shelbie, I'm sending you this gift after reading about you in the Washington Post," Swift wrote in a message on the mom's GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $22,000. "No one should have to feel the kind of stress that's been put on you. I hope you and your beautiful family have a great holiday season. Love, Taylor"
Shelbie Selewski writes at her fund drive:
I was featured in the The Washington Post story about people being behind on their rent and utilities. I lost my job in the spring and have had to stay home with my young daughter who was born with a collapsed lung right before Covid (Dec) and was hospitalized for two months after at Childrens.
I have tirelessly tried to find employment along with my fiancé, but with Vada (daughter) being compromised and my 7 year old in Virtual School it has proven incredibly difficult. We have sold everything we could possibly sell and with that have always paid our bills as much as possible but it feels like every day something else comes up. From shut offs to actually being shut off, there is not a moment that I wish this Pandemic had never happened. I have never thought to make a GoFundMe but with Christmas approaching I just didn’t know what else to do.
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Shelbie Selewski: "The worst year ever." (Photo: GoFundMe)
On Monday, The Post wrote:
Shelbie Selewski is $2,100 behind on rent and utilities after losing her job as a medical receptionist in Macomb County, Mich. Her landlord has taped eviction papers to her door three times, and her electricity was shut off in September — on her son’s third day of virtual kindergarten. She begged friends and relatives for help to get the electricity back on, but bills are piling up again.
“It has been the worst year ever. I’ve watched everything I’ve worked for go away,” Selewski said. “Every time I paid something and felt some peace, it felt like I got a utility shut-off notice three days later.”