Help the Schwethelm Family stay together and acquire a safe place to call home!

Selena and her son Julyen are parishioners at Sacred Heart. Selena was laid off from her job in November 2025 and has been searching for work since then.

We know what happens during a time of unemployment: the bills pile up, payments are late, credit scores sink. Once a job is obtained, a person still has to earn several paychecks before there is enough money to rent a home. Poor credit will still limit a person's ability to be given a lease. Let's join together to help this family!

How will donations help? 
*Gasoline to drive to job interviews, job searches, appointments with community service organizations, and will offset gas expenses of commuting to work once a job is acquired 
*Funds to continue paying her car loan 
*Money for her son's phone so that if they are separated by the system she can stay in touch with him 
*Pay off debts so the credit scores can begin improving and the chance of being approved to rent a home will increase

In addition to monetary support, could you bring Julyen into your home until Selena can obtain a job and home?

On Friday February 27th the lease for their home will not be renewed and she will be homeless and plans to live out of her vehicle. Julyen will not be allowed to live that way and will enter the system. Selena would very much prefer to set Julian up with a family outside of the system who can keep him until she obtains a job and a safe home for the two of them.

Julyen is a quiet, helpful boy who is a student at Handley High School. He has high-functioning autism and an intellectual disability. He likes movies, book stores and the comfort of bedtime stories read at night. The school bus will bring him to and from school whether he lives in Winchester or Frederick County or another nearby county.

If you may be able to welcome Julyen into your home, please contact Valerie Roth (540-431-1900) who will provide Selena's contact information.