by Community Forklift Team | Aug 21, 2025 | News
Millions of tons of building materials are sent to the landfill every year. Fortunately, salvaging and repurposing construction materials is gaining traction as an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative. Using salvaged building materials in construction and DIY...
by Community Forklift Team | Aug 7, 2025 | Community Giving Programs, Donations, Donor Spotlight, Home Essentials Program
For over four decades, family-owned ABW Appliances has been a go-to resource for homeowners throughout Northern Virginia, DC, and Baltimore looking to spruce up their home. But they aren’t just selling high-quality appliances to renovation-ready homeowners. They’re...
by Community Forklift Team | Jun 26, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
3,013 homes. That’s how many houses Clinton, Maryland-based nonprofit Christmas in April has supported with home improvement help since their founding in 1989. Over the past 36 years, this organization has set out to help the most vulnerable in Prince George’s County....
by Community Forklift Team | Jun 19, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
YARD SALE incorporates upcycled salvaged materials from Community Forklift Art Enables resident artist Eileen Schofield loves a yard sale find. “I go to yard sales on Saturdays. I’ve been doing that every Saturday I can for years. That’s my favorite thing to do,” she...
by Community Forklift Team | Jun 12, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Pi Day (March 14) this year had an extra slice of hands-on learning for students at Piney Branch Elementary School: a Take-It-Apart event! Supported by volunteers from the Takoma Fixit Clinic, groups of students dismantled a variety of small appliances, tools, and...
