UTICA, N.Y. -- For the people working day in and day out to serve the Utica community, they know it's not their hands alone.

"I'd be remiss if I did not give glory to God for what you see," said Michael Servello Sr., the Founder and CEO of Compassion Coalition. "The one thing about compassion: It's been supernaturally sustained, and will continue to be supernaturally sustained because it's a privilege for us to serve."

Proceeds from Your Bargain Grocer help maintain the not-for-profit Compassion Coalition.

"The reason that we are so unique is we are a totally self-sustaining model, meaning that we do not have to go out year after year and get funding for our nonprofit," said Compassion Coalition Director of Agency Relations Rachel Daughtry. "So yes, we have a grocery store, but what happens is the funding from that grocery store gets sown right back into our communities."

The store will open a new location nearby on Lincoln Avenue in Utica. It'll be 10 times the size of the current store and have 75 parking spaces. It is an area known as a "food desert."

"A lot of the people that live within a mile don't drive, and so often, they don't have a lot of options for where they can purchase food," Servello said. "It's a higher price or not healthy, so we want to have, like I said, more wholesome, fresh produce, as much fresh meats as we can put out there."

There are a lot partnerships behind the scenes.

"We've been working with Your Bargain Grocer for about a year now on pop-up libraries," said Heather Urtz of the Mid York Library System. "We come in with books from the Utica Public Library and we sit near the grocery check-outs, and we provide services to anybody who would like to get a library card or take home a book for them or their children."

A neighbor near the new site, the manager of the Island Breeze Restaurant, said they're excited to have the new Your Bargain Grocer open.

"We are really excited about it, because it's more traffic coming down. People coming to buy groceries on the weekend, they don't want to cook, they're gonna come right on over," said Marchalee Shaw.

Leaders hope to have the store open by early fall, and are also planning on having cooking classes.