by Community Forklift Team | Feb 15, 2023 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Families and volunteers at Carrollton Elementary School in New Carrolton, MD, redecorated the school’s staff lounge with the help of some free materials from Community Forklift’s reuse warehouse. Dulce Santos, Community School Coordinator at Carrollton...
by Susana Salazar | Jan 18, 2023 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program provided the nonprofit AbodesJoy with free toilets for its Women’s Home Repair Training Program. This program teaches basic construction skills to female homeowners and renters from under-resourced communities,...
by Community Forklift Team | Dec 28, 2022 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Cherokee Lane Elementary School in Adelphi, Maryland, revamped its Little Free Library and Food Pantry using free materials supplied through Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program. Cherokee Lane Elementary was inspired to take on a community...
by Community Forklift Team | Nov 16, 2022 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
“This is awesome!”CLES student The front entrance at Cooper Lane Elementary School (CLES) in Landover, Maryland, got an upgrade this month: some fabulous new seating! Working with the school’s Community School Coordinator, Nahema Witt, Community...
by Community Forklift Team | Oct 19, 2022 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
In 1932, the American Bridge Association (ABA) was established as a space for Black communities to partake in the play of Duplicate Bridge during Segregation. The Washington Bridge Unit was established as a local member of the American Bridge Association in 1938....
by Susana Salazar | Sep 14, 2022 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program (CBB) provided The Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming (CKC Farming) with a double-bowl sink to wash produce for farm operations. The urban farm grows about “$20,000 of produce in downtown Silver...
