Personnel Group staff raised nearly $6000 to purchase three of the machines for facilities across the not-for-profit's footprint, in Wodonga, Bendigo and Canberra.

Murray area manager Anthea Hatherall said the organisation had been following FoodShare's plans for its new facility in Wigg Street and nominated the site to receive the AED.

"During COVID, we didn't have the usual opportunities to give back to the community, so through our internal fundraising, we decided that we could give back to the community this way," she said.

"FoodShare is very aligned with our community values."

Ms Hatherall was impressed by the new facility when handing over the AED.

"It helps to give people back their dignity, because they're actually choosing the items for themselves," she said.

FoodShare general manager Peter Matthews said members of the community could come do a grocery shop after being referred by a support agency.

"We've been planning this for over a year now," he said.

"The first objective was to find a suitable site and we were able to do that early this year.

"It was then kitted out ... we're now into our third week and we've had a huge COVID response.

"Prior to this we were using it for hamper assembly, and one day we delivered 65 hampers direct to those who needed them."

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Mr Matthews said Personnel's donation was welcomed by volunteers, who would be receiving training from Ambulance Victoria.

"The more defibrillators that are in communities and public spaces, the more lives are going to be saved," he said.