Wood Banks Equipment & Safety Round Table

The University of Maine is hosting two roundtable discussions on equipment and safety on December 20th 8 AM (EST) and 8 AM (PST). Click here to participate.

Firewood Bank Facebook group

A new Facebook group has been created to help promote greater cooperation and knowledge sharing between firewood banks. Click here to join!

2023 AGH Wood Bank Grant Status

Through U.S. Forest Service funding, AGH has processed 48 firewood banks applications to receive grants, accounting for all funds available for 2023. Visit our page featuring the grantees to view who has received funding so far. If your bank received funds, please send a paragraph to darian@forgreenheat.org for us to post next to your picture!

Resource Sheets for Firewood Banks

We now have five resource sheets that AGH staff have created over the last month with your help. Please check them out and give us feedback if you think we missed anything. And, print them out for your key people!

Visit our resources page for more examples.

Wood Splitter Safety

Chain Saw Safety

Volunteering 101

Profile of Compassion

Wood4Good on the TODAY Show's "Dad's Got This"

"If people work together on helping people, I think it would help to heal some of the division," Eric Axelrod, Wood4Good's leader and founder, said.

Firewood Banks in the News

Gold Country grant will improve volunteer safety and ensure seasoned wood

“‘Not only will this grant allow us to meet new air-quality best practices criteria, but it will help build a sustainable, environmentally-conscious program,’ said Gold Country executive director Leslie Lovejoy”

Colrain, CA debuts new wood bank, highlighting mutual aid

“‘This is a mutual aid project,’ David Greenberg, one of the bank organizers, said.”

DownEast Wood Bank reports record need for firewood as the winter chill fast approaches

“...with the price of goods remaining high in general, free wood comes as a relief to many.”

Do you have firewood bank stories to tell or resources to share? Email us!