Overview
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is accepting public donations for its on-site pantry to support unpaid federal employees, requesting nonperishables, household items and $10 gas or grocery gift cards at the ticketing Information Counter from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m., with no cash accepted.
- The Cleveland initiative, originally stocked by airport staff and partners, now seeks community help and mirrors relief efforts reported at airports in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.
- At Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, Second Harvest Heartland, the Sanneh Foundation and the Metropolitan Airports Commission prepared 350 emergency food boxes and will hold weekly Wednesday distributions until pay resumes.
- Federal airport staff including TSA officers, air traffic controllers and CBP agents continue working without pay roughly a month into the shutdown, with some reporting reduced and missed paychecks.
- Minnesota organizers say an expected suspension of about $72 million in monthly SNAP benefits could affect about 440,000 residents, including many children, compounding the strain on families.