{"id":146338,"date":"2026-03-23T21:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146338\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:43:31","slug":"how-the-avenue-is-supporting-tsa-workers-in-avoca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146338\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Avenue is supporting TSA workers in Avoca"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 As the partial federal government shutdown continues, the local community is stepping up to support the TSA workforce at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pittston\u2019s own The Avenue Restaurant and Catering<\/a> is lending a hand to provide assistance to those workers and their families.<\/p>\n

With TSA workers nationwide going without pay for the third time in nearly six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security,<\/a> many are feeling increased financial strain. <\/p>\n

Here at home, that impact is being felt by TSA employees at the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport. Owner David Krappa of The Avenue Restaurant and Catering explained what inspired him to take action.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s tough for what they’re going through. Granted, they are going through a lot right now, and in the next few weeks, they are going to be going through more. Easter is coming up, and things like that,\u201d said Krappa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat reminded me of what we went through during COVID as well. I mean, we struggled a bit, every restaurant did in the Valley, and we all relied on great community support that gave back to us. You know, buying gift cards, doing whatever they could to really support us. And this was a way that we wanted to give back to the community for them supporting us as much as they did,\u201d said Krappa.<\/p>\n

Krappa said the restaurant donated 41 gift cards to match the 41 TSA workers in Avoca, giving them a chance to grab a meal, coffee, or whatever they need. He also shared the overwhelming response they\u2019ve received through the restaurant\u2019s donation jar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI messaged them, and I asked them how many employees they had. And they told me some things that they had going on, and I said I wanted to help as well. So, I dropped off 41 gift cards for them. I said in addition, what we started doing was we did a collection jar. The customers coming in have been phenomenal about it. The ongoing support is unreal. We are happy that we are a part of it. And we are happy that we are helping 41 families right now in a time of need,\u201d said Krappa.<\/p>\n

Team AVP is also sponsoring a donation drive<\/a> to benefit TSA workers at the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport. Donations include non-perishable food items and gift cards for gas and groceries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the airport has a designated area as well. So, when they do walk in, they can just ask security where they can place nonperishable items, any other donations, and things like that in the in the secure area that they have established,\u201d said Krappa.<\/p>\n

The Avenue Restaurant and Catering is collecting donations in its donation jar, which will be distributed to TSA workers on the Friday before Easter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 As the partial federal government shutdown continues, the local community is stepping up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-146338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}