by Community Forklift Team | Jun 19, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
YARD SALE runs June 21 through August 16 at Art Enables and 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...
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...
by Community Forklift Team | Mar 27, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
When The Mandala School, Inc. opened in 2020, they had a vision for a different kind of learning environment. They believed in an immersive, engaging, and individualized educational experience focused on project-based learning in science, technology, engineering,...
by Community Forklift Team | Feb 27, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Women faced with homelessness understand challenge all too well. And, for those that find their way to Hyacinth’s Place, they’re met by a team who understands their challenges. Hyacinth’s Place provides a permanent, affordable housing program for women facing...
by Community Forklift Team | Jan 31, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Upcycling secondhand doors into salvage art Can functional items be turned into fine art? That’s the challenge that was posed to art students at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Brian Davis, adjunct professor of sculpture, is inspired by the vision and...
by Community Forklift Team | Nov 22, 2024 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs, Home Essentials Program
Community Forklift is one of thirty nonprofits awarded a 2024 Prince George’s County Local Impact Grant. Administered through the Local Development Council and County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, the award supports our community giving programs that provide free...
