About the Scarborough Wood Bank

Wood banks are like food banks. Volunteers contribute time and resources, people with extra to share donate, and neighbors who are not able to get their own firewood can get wood at low or no cost to supplement their heating needs.
Scarborough Wood Bank is a work in progress! A group of volunteers are in the early stages of creating a community wood bank to help our neighbors who use wood to heat their homes in Scarborough, Maine.

With the help of the Town of Scarborough and Project GRACE and Maine Wood Banks Network, we are setting up the Scarborough Wood Bank.
 View our presentation to the Scarborough Town Council, July 15, 2026.  (>>View PDF) Or, watch the recorded workshop. (>>YouTube link. We are second, at about the 1:05:00 mark.)
UPDATE: Scarborough Town Council approves our application. Thank you!

Maine Wood Banks Network

Scarborough Wood Bank is now a member of the Maine Wood Banks Network! We are grateful for their support, expertise, and help getting us up and running.  >>About MWBN

Resources

Publication: Community Guide to Starting and Running a Wood Bank (2015, University of Maine)
Maine Wood Banks In the News:  Maine Public 2025 | NPR 2025 |  Portland Press Herald Dec. 2022 | Sun Journal Mar. 2024 | Bangor Daily News Nov. 2014 | WCSH Oct 2022 | Forecaster Dec. 2022
Video: Starting a Firewood Bank (2023, University of Maine) |   Wood Sourcing and Forest Health (2023, University of Maine) | National Firewood Bank Summit (2023, University of Maine, USDA Forest Service, Alliance for Green Heat)
More:  Maine Wood Banks Network | Maine Dept. of Agriculture | National Wood Bank Project  |  MOFGA

Keeping Our Neighbors Warm

We care about our community, and we want to help our neighbors stay warm during a cold Maine winter.

Want to help? Let us know!

If you want to donate equipment, logs or firewood, please click the button below. Thank you.  
If you want to lend a hand, please tell us about your experience with cutting firewood, forestry or timber lot management, fund/friend-raising, project management and leadership, volunteering, etc. Thank you.
To make a financial gift to help pay for equipment and safety supplies, please send a check, payable to Maine Wood Banks with "Scarborough Wood Bank" in the memo, to PO Box 303, Scarborough ME 04070. Thank you!  
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Contact Us

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Need firewood?

***We are preparing to have firewood in the fall of 2027*** 

If you need help heating your home in Scarborough, Maine, contact Project GRACE (883-5111). or fill out this form to request firewood.  If you live outside of Scarborough, you can contact Maine Wood Banks Network to find a firewood bank near you or 211 Maine for help finding heating assistance.   

More Fuel Assistance Resources Here >>>>

Mailing Address:

Scarborough Wood Bank
PO Box 303, Scarborough ME 04070