Letters: Decent wages must be respected

Decent wages must be respected

The May 1 article, ‘This is just wrong,’ could not have been more right. When will those of us who have ample food, safe clean homes and money to buy non-essential items wake up and start to care about those who are not as fortunate? Our neighbors who work long hours to keep our clubhouses, work places and restaurants clean and running efficiently deserve a real living wage. The spike in real estate prices, which results in higher rents, makes life unaffordable for low wage workers, but results in a property tax windfall for the county. We should redirect some of this money to pay these essential workers. Shame on Palm Beach County. Why can’t we make the news for being a shining example instead of an example of greed and indifference?

Audrey Ades and Howard Fox, Jupiter

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Jill Biden makes us proud

Our First Lady is a world class human being. Her visit to Ukraine showed the humanity and empathy all of us feel toward the refugee mothers and children she met. Jill Biden listened to their stories, shook their hands, and gave them hugs that were priceless in their honesty and warmth. Her courageous visit and support to the people of Ukraine should make us proud to be Americans.

Darryl Harris, Lantana

Foundation addresses mental health woes

During May’s National Mental Health Awareness month, the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is prioritizing an initiative to address the rising epidemic of mental health issues with our local youth. The pandemic has laid bare a collective vulnerability around mental health, which is especially poignant in our underserved communities.

In collaboration with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and Florida State University, the foundation will lead an effort to tackle the pandemic-aggravated mental health challenges of local children and teens with FSU’s new program, “Rebound and Recovery.” The program stems from work FSU did in Bay County after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle in 2018. “Rebound and Recovery” uses a cognitive-based therapy model to help children and teens gain the social and emotional tools needed to deal with the traumatic side-effects of the pandemic.

With the community’s support, our goal is to share the program with other organizations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties. For 50 years, we have rallied partners to show how philanthropy can seed and nurture solutions that can have large-scale impacts.

Danita DeHaney Nias, president & CEO, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties

Post-Roe dystopia

Gentlemen? Under the male constitutional domination of lawmaking in this land of the free, what are you providing for women except burkas as they drag your hordes of yearly offspring through the steamy streets of summer heat?

Harriet Pashman, Jupiter

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach County should ensure low-wage earners get decent wages