UT Firewood Bank

The Firewood bank has a partnership with Anderson County Community Action (ACCAC)

ACCAC will act as a liaison between UTIA and the Anderson County clients who use wood as their main source of heat. If you are currently an active client, or someone who feels you may meet our guidelines, please come by our office at 149 N. Main Street, Clinton, TN. 
 
Requirements:
-You must live in Anderson County and be a client of the agency.
-You must use wood as your main source of heat. 
-You will be required to be home at the time of delivery.
In order to be an active client, you must provide photo ID for all members of your household, have social security numbers, dates of birth, and provide proof of income (or lack of income) for all members over the age of 18.

For residents outside Anderson County:

If you would like to arrange a firewood delivery and you live within approximately a 30 mile radius of the UT Arboretum, please contact Adam Taylor (mtaylo29@utk.edu) directly.

We have all the logs we need at this time – thanks to the folks that have offered to donate wood!

We still welcome people to help with preparing and delivering firewood.

The University of Tennessee has started a firewood bank near Knoxville. Like food banks – but for heating not eating – firewood banks provide free firewood to people in need.  The UT Firewood Bank will be a cooperative effort of UT Extension, the UT Forest Resources REC, volunteers from the community and students in the UT Forestry Club. The UT Firewood Bank will work with the local food bank system to identify folks that need firewood, and deliver it to them for  free; an additional goal is to document the experience of starting a firewood bank and using this information to promote, through the Extension system, the creation of more firewood banks in the area.

The start-up of the UT Firewood Bank is being supported by the Alliance for Green Heat, which is partnering with the USDA Forest Service to promote firewood banks across the country. The plan is to start cutting, splitting and stacking the first firewood this spring, so that it will be ready for distribution this fall. There is a lot to learn and to organize – connecting with volunteers, establishing safety and training procedures, buying equipment, building shelters to dry the firewood, etc. – but we are excited about this new project and would love to hear from anyone who is interested in learning more!

Please contact Adam Taylor, 865-946-1125 for more information.

If you are interested in joining the Firewood Bank volunteer group, please review, print and sign these two documents and return them to Adam Taylor: