Central California Food Bank expands to add USDA-approved protein pack room

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

Officials announced the facility's caller Santé Volunteer Center to let its workforce to enactment much safely and efficiently.

"Right now, we are moving successful a moving warehouse," said unpaid and workforce manager Linda Stolling. "We person to usage abstraction that they would similar to usage for storing food."

But now, the nutrient slope is moving to clarify its mission, breaking crushed successful the abstraction wherever volunteers volition battalion and train, including a USDA-approved Protein Repack Room.

Officials accidental they'll beryllium capable to equilibrium the fruits and vegetables they're utilized to giving retired with carnal proteins.

Something they haven't been capable to prevention overmuch of owed to a deficiency of resources.

"It's precise hard for america to judge and administer 30 pounds of whole-friar chickens to our neighbors," says Central California Food Bank Co-CEO Kym Dildine, "What this volition let america to bash is to judge those donations, and past downsize it successful bulk into household sizes and supply carnal proteins to our neighbors."

The enlargement is made imaginable by a $1 cardinal cheque from the George & Melodie Rogers Foundation.

The Rogers' nephew, Casey Rogers, told dozens of volunteers helium felt they needed to assistance aft watching their neighbors endure during the caller authorities shutdown, "These times are much captious than ever. And so, the request present is truthful great."

Food slope officials agreed, saying it's lone an added unit to the hunger they've seen successful the cardinal vale for years...

"It's tragic that successful a assemblage that grows the nutrient for the federation and the world, that 1 successful 4 adults, and 1 successful 3 children close present successful Central California conflict with hunger connected a regular basis," says Dildine.

But adjacent with donors, officials said they're abbreviated $2 cardinal and are present turning to the assemblage it serves.

Even if you can't donate, they're asking for much volunteers to motion up connected their website here.