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WCK Serves Meals to Airport Workers During Partial Government Shutdown
#ChefsForFeds
World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is serving hot meals to TSA agents and other essential airport employees who have been working without pay as the partial U.S. government shutdown enters its fourth week. Working closely with local partners, WCK is beginning service at airports in the Washington, D.C., Austin, and Houston areas.
When federal workers were furloughed and left without pay in late 2025, our teams were ready. Working with longtime restaurant partners and Chef Corps members, WCK served more than 110,000 meals to federal employees across D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and New York.
That commitment goes back to 2019, when WCK launched our #ChefsForFeds initiative — providing more than 100,000 meals to federal workers and their families in D.C. and, through partnerships with 400 restaurants in 35 states, hundreds of thousands more meals nationwide.
Hear from WCK Response Director Sam on WUSA9 about our work:
Working closely with our Chef Corps members and restaurant partners, our teams are serving thousands of meals to TSA agents working without pay.
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