Airports are launching donation drives to support unpaid TSA officers nationwide

Fundraising is starting to take off Airports via The country.

Only some TSA officers receive it Partial salaries While many do not receive any wages at all.

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Deondre White, a TSA officer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport In D.C., Fox News Digital said this week that officers are “financially trying to do the best we can.”

Colorado’s Denver International Airport posted on X, “Donations needed! Support the dedicated people.” TSA employees Work unpaid by donating $10 and $20 gas and grocery store gift cards.

Airports across the country are launching donation drives to support TSA officers who are working without pay during the government funding cut. (Brett Comer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

“Visa gift cards cannot be accepted,” the post continued.

The post went on to suggest that “drop-off locations can be found at the Final Approach cell phone parking lot and at the Jeppesen station.”

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) in Nevada announced its partnership with the Children’s Cabinet to deliver vital resources directly to affected federal employees, such as weekly groceries.

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Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority President and CEO Chris Jensen announced the collaboration in a press release.

Hundreds of airport security officers have left TSA since the Department of Homeland Security shutdown began this year. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“We are extremely grateful to our TSA officers at RNO, who continue to show up every day to keep our community safe, even while facing uncertainty,” Jensen said in the release.

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“Their commitment to public safety does not go unnoticed, and we appreciate our community and the Children’s Cabinet for stepping up with their support,” he added.

“Their commitment to public safety does not go unnoticed.” (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)

In Seattle, the airport opened a TSA food pantry to support officers.

“If you would like to help, donate Non-perishable foodToiletries and diapers can be dropped off at the SEA Convention Center between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.,” Seattle-Tacoma International Airport posted on X.

More than 300 airport security officers have left the TSA since the Department of Homeland Security shutdown began, with call-outs — or unscheduled absences — rising to an average of 6% during the shutdown, a TSA official confirmed to Fox News Digital this week.

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White said that thanks to his family’s financial support, he was able to “present” his work.

“I’m thankful my family is able to come to work and save gas (to travel to work) because Gas prices have risenHe said.

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“However, there are a lot of officers here who don’t have those resources or family commitments from others (to help them).”