In March of 2025, faced with the possibility that the Firewood Bank Assistance Program would no longer be funded, AGH sought out ways to continue supporting the firewood bank movement. The idea for a “national firewood bank association” was tempting and seemed like a logical next step. AGH gathered names and contact information for the most active firewood banks, paying attention to include diverse structures and types of programs as well as geographical diversity. In April of 2025, AGH contacted 12 firewood banks, asking them a series of questions about their thoughts on a national wood bank association, and put out an open call in our monthly Firewood Bank Commons for interested banks to join the first meeting.

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Contacted: 

• Community Strong / Red Feather Development Group, tribal-serving, AZ

• Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, non-profit, NM

• University of Tennessee Wood Bank, university, TN

• Rocky Mountain Warm Hands, non-profit, CO

• CommunityWorx, faith-based non-profit, TN

• Gold Country Senior Firewood Program, non-profit, CA

• Nativity Woodbank, faith-based non-profit, OR

• Mountain Safe Community Fire Council, non-profit, CA

• Wood4Good, non-profit, VT

• Maine Wood Bank Network, non-profit, ME

• Greenagers, non-profit, MA

• OLCERI, tribal-serving, SD

 

The members of that first group meeting decided that a “working group” sounded like a good first step to national organizing for firewood banks.