by Susana Salazar | Feb 8, 2021 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
The value of play in our lives has been even more apparent during this difficult and often isolating pandemic. This past summer, Community Forklift donated cans of spray paint to Let’s Play America (LPA), a local nonprofit in Takoma Park that facilitates and promotes...
by Susana Salazar | Dec 16, 2020 | Community Giving Programs
This year has been a challenging one and Community Forklift has been there as an essential business that serves the most vulnerable affected by the pandemic. Through the Home Essentials Program (HELP), we’ve distributed $46,499.71 in materials to 567 people in 189...
by Scott Buga | Nov 11, 2020 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs, Events, Events at Community Forklift
Exhibition runs from November 11 to January 4 On this day honoring our nation’s veterans, we are so happy to announce the opening of Lifting US, an exhibition at Community Forklift featuring works of art created by military veterans and family members. Running...
by Susana Salazar | Oct 23, 2020 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Black author and civil rights activist Maya AngelouEthiopian educator and legislator Senedu GebruPeruvian-American children’s book author Juana Martinez-NealGuatemalan human rights activist Rigoberta MenchúEnglish lesbian author Virginia Woolf October 23, 2020 Need a...
by Scott Buga | Oct 2, 2020 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Navy Veteran and Uniting US artist Kelly McPhee creates art using salvaged materials from Community Forklift. October 2, 2020 Nonprofit organization Uniting US provides therapeutic art wellness activities to help veterans work through PTSD and other psychological...
by Susana Salazar | Aug 13, 2020 | Community Giving Programs
August 13, 2020 Part of Community Forklift’s mission is to provide free and low-cost essential home repair supplies and home furnishings to the community. Through the Home Essentials Program (HELP), we distribute free building materials, fixtures, appliances,...
