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A government shutdown is causing financial hardship for federal employees in the Greater Akron area.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is providing food assistance to unpaid federal workers.

A Massillion couple, Bob and Nancy Gessner, personally funded the food distribution effort.

Despite the shutdown, operations at the Akron-Canton Airport have not been impacted.

With the government shutdown dragging into its fourth week with no end in sight, the cupboards are starting to get bare for those federal employees in Greater Akron still working without a paycheck.

Some workers at the Akron-Canton Airport and other federal agencies were able to get some assistance on Oct. 20 from the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank with a food distribution at the MAPS Air Museum .

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