Wood
Heat Assistance Program
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The Wood Heat Assistance
program is a service of volunteers assisted by the
Center to insure that those in the
community who benefit from assistance in heating
their homes in winter have a source of
firewood. Each fall a fundraiser is hosted at the Community Center with the
proceeds going to support the program. With
those funds, timber is purchased to
build the stockpile of wood.
Then through the following months, at intervals, a
group of volunteers from the community cut and
split the wood and deliver it to those elderly or
disabled with difficulty in cutting and splitting
their own firewood. Through this program, in a typical winter, over a hundred volunteers combine to devote hundreds of volunteer hours to prepare and deliver 400-500 loads of firewood to those who benefit from the program. Many churches and other organizations in Madison County lend support to this community program. The Ebbs Chapel Community Center supports this effort to insure that all in our community have the means of staying warm through the cold winter months in the mountains. We thank the volunteers, the churches, and other organizations in our community that support this program, and urge all in the community to provide their support through donations and by attendance at the events associated with the project. Watch for announcements of the fall fundraiser and the work sessions on our facebook page and our bulletin board at the intersection of Bear Branch Road and US 23A and assist your neighbors through this program. |
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