CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dozens celebrated new additions to the Central California Food Bank on Tuesday.

Officials announced the facility's new Santé Volunteer Center to allow its workforce to work more safely and efficiently.

"Right now, we are working in a working warehouse," said volunteer and workforce manager Linda Stolling. "We have to use space that they would prefer to use for storing food."

But now, the food bank is working to clarify its mission, breaking ground in the space where volunteers will pack and train, including a USDA-approved Protein Repack Room.

Officials say they'll be able to balance the fruits and vegetables they're used to giving out with animal proteins.

Something they haven't been able to save much of due to a lack of resources.

"It's very hard f

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