Airports are soliciting donations for Transportation Security Administration personnel who are working without pay during the shutdown.
The Department of Homeland Security has been closed due to lack of funding since Feb. 14, and TSA workers are missing their first full paycheck on Friday, according to Reuters.
Airports are trying to make up for the lack of pay.
Denver International Airport put out a social media post Wednesday asking for “$10 and $20 grocery store and gas gift cards.”
Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas officially reopened its food pantry for the unpaid workers on Monday, asking for “nonperishable food items, toiletries and hygiene products, baby supplies, household essentials” and other such goods.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Florida’s Orlando International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport started asking for similar donations last week.
Other airports are partnering with charities to help provide for TSA personnel.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey worked with the charity City Harvest to give 14,000 pounds of food to 644 affected workers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Tuesday.
Nevada’s Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, meanwhile, said Monday that it’s working with a local nonprofit, The Children’s Cabinet, to “deliver food and essential items directly to impacted federal employees.”
The TSA did send out a caveat explaining that during the whole-of-government shutdown in October, its management “may NOT accept cash or cash equivalent gift cards.”
