The Alliance for Green Heat is starting a fund that will help families struggling during this pandemic keep their stoves running and operating safely. Together with the Osprey Foundation and Stove Parts 4 Less, we are launching The Stove Repair Relief Fund! Please consider becoming a partner in this effort.
The Stove Repair Relief Fund provides large discounts on stove parts to people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. With an initial fund of $20,000 provided by the Alliance for Green Heat, Stove Parts 4 Less, and the Osprey Foundation, eligible customers will receive 30 – 50% off of their parts orders. The intent is to provide essential stove parts to lower-income families who may not be able to afford to keep their wood or pellet stoves working. It often only takes a small part to get a pellet stove back up and running or make a dangerous wood stove safe again.
If you are a verified low-income household or have been laid off due to the pandemic, you are eligible for a 30% discount (15% donated by the Alliance for Green Heat and 15% by Stove Parts 4 Less). If you are from a verified low-income household and have been laid off, you are eligible for a 50% discount on your needed parts (25% donated by the Alliance for Green Heat and 25% by Stove Parts 4 Less).
Please note, this offer is only good for wood or pellet stove parts orders up to $500. It is not applicable to any grill parts, gas stove parts, new stove installs or orders over $500. If your household has been hit hard by this pandemic and you need a stove part, provide all required information on the sign-up page here to determine if you are eligible.
We are doing a soft launch of this program at the end of this heating season to assess how it works. We hope to improve and relaunch it this fall during the upcoming heating season.
The program funders want to ensure that the funds are used to help people who really need it, and are asking people to provide documentation of their employment and economic status. In addition, funders do not want to subsidize the sale of any parts that are available cheaper elsewhere. Customers should check prices and ensure that Stove Parts 4 Less is offering the best price, which they usually do (make sure to also include shipping and consider the reputation of the seller for aftermarket parts). They will also match any price.
The Alliance for Green Heat does not normally partner with or endorse specific companies, but these are not normal times. Our staff, working with our Board, has done their due diligence to move forward with this program and will re-assess it this summer and publicly share that assessment.
We expect this pandemic to severely impact rural wood heating communities for up to a year, and many may turn to wood heating even more than in previous years. It may also make people less likely to buy new stoves, and need to keep repairing their old ones for longer. Pellet stove repair and maintenance has always been a challenge, and dealer training and support for older pellet stoves is often poor. If stove dealers, NFI or CSIA technicians can't access a part elsewhere, they can alert low income clients of this program. AGH always recommends that stove installations are completed by professionals, but basic repairs and maintenance are often done by stove owners. If any repair has safety implications, please consult or hire an NFI technician or other professional before trying to do it yourself, even if you procure the part yourself.
The Alliance for Green Heat does not normally partner with or endorse specific companies, but these are not normal times. Our staff, working with our Board, has done their due diligence to move forward with this program and will re-assess it this summer and publicly share that assessment.
We expect this pandemic to severely impact rural wood heating communities for up to a year, and many may turn to wood heating even more than in previous years. It may also make people less likely to buy new stoves, and need to keep repairing their old ones for longer. Pellet stove repair and maintenance has always been a challenge, and dealer training and support for older pellet stoves is often poor. If stove dealers, NFI or CSIA technicians can't access a part elsewhere, they can alert low income clients of this program. AGH always recommends that stove installations are completed by professionals, but basic repairs and maintenance are often done by stove owners. If any repair has safety implications, please consult or hire an NFI technician or other professional before trying to do it yourself, even if you procure the part yourself.
The Alliance for Green Heat and Stove Parts for Less are doing everything we can to keep our employees and local communities safe, and we ask that you try and do the same. Stay home when possible, cover up your nose and mouth with a mask or scarf and do not host large gatherings. Save lives and give our medical professionals, first responders and people working in essential businesses a break!
Want to do your part too? Support the Stove Repair Relief Fund!
You can donate too! To help struggling families who heat with wood and pellets, you can make a tax-deductible donation to the Stove Repair Relief Fund via the Alliance for Green Heat. Any contributions to support this cause will be matched dollar for dollar by Stove Parts 4 Less, up to $10,000! Please contact us if your company or institution wants to partner in this effort or has ideas on how to improve it. 100% of all donations will go to helping low-income families in this time of need.
Do u pick up older pellet stove an pellets
ReplyDeleteSorry, we can only pick up newer stoves in the DC area.
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