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Veterans Group Donates Money to Help Feed Unpaid Coast Guard Members

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President Donald Trump meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 2018. Nearly two months later, Coast Guardsmen and their families are feeling the economic pinch of Trump's fight with Congress over border wall funding. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

MILLBURY, Massachusetts -- They aren't being paid, but members of the U.S. Coast Guard are still going out on rescue missions, and keeping U.S. ports and shores safe.

So the Massachusetts Veterans of Foreign Wars is stepping up to help, giving a $2,500 check Saturday to the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation to help feed more than 2,000 military families a week.

"Those guys could be jumping in the freezing cold water right now, and they're not being paid to rescue someone," said Donald Cox, MMSF president, after the check presentation in Millbury. "It's just sad to see. These kids are just pawns in this whole thing."

The partial government shutdown entered its 22nd day on Saturday, becoming the longest federal closure in history, as President Donald J. Trump and Congress tussle over funding for a proposed border wall.