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The Sacramento Bee's lobby is filled with mountains of canned goods -- all part of a friendly competition to benefit the Salvation Army. The "canstruction" food cans -- donated by The Bee and its employees -- will be given to the Salvation Army Food Bank.

What's happening at your workplace? Holiday donation and volunteer efforts are going on at companies big and small across the Sacramento region. Use the comments field below to tell us what's happening at your place of work. Share a photo in the reader holiday gallery at www.sacbee.com/holidays: You can upload it here, or just email holidayphotos@sacbee.com

Vote for your favorite: Check out The Bee "canstruction" entries and tell us which one is your favorite. Who knows, maybe you'll sway the judges! All the entries are pictured on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sacramentobee.

Photo: "Canstruction" entries on display in The Sacramento Bee lobby. See all the entries on Facebook. Thanks to photographer Lezlie Sterling.

The Sacramento Bee Newsroom Can Project from Hector Amezcua on Vimeo.