SUN JOURNAL • October 19, 2022
Similar to food banks, which provide free food items to families in need, wood banks offer firewood to families without the financial means and physical ability to source their own wood. Over the last decade, volunteers for the Rotary Club of Bethel have split and transported firewood for local residents in need. It’s one of a growing number of organizations in the state providing heating assistance to Mainers with wood-burning stoves. Besides the one in Bethel, there are also known wood banks located in Cumberland, Orland, Boothbay Harbor, Penobscot and across Waldo County.