NASHVILLE, Tenn. (OSBORNE) -- Second Harvest Food Bank will on Wednesday distribute charity food boxes to security screeners at Nashville International Airport.
Second Harvest tells WMOT the federal Transportation Security Administration office in Nashville requested aid for its employees. TSA agents have now been working 25 days without pay due to partial government shutdown.
Ally Parsons is a Second Harvest spokesperson.
“We put together about 325 food boxes. They’re going to be distributed to the TSA workers at the Nashville Airport to help alleviate some of the burden that they’re having.”
Second Harvest says each box contains food staples that should last a family of four up to one week.
The charity says its talking now with 400 plus partner agencies across Middle Tennessee about how to handle severe food shortages if the government shutdown continues.
Second Harvest says its worried about what will happen if the federal government fails to make food stamp payouts for March. More than 900,000 Tennesseans rely on the federal food aid.
