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Just in time for a creative spring: tessellated tiles and art classes at Greenbelt Recreation

by Community Forklift Team | Mar 30, 2023 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs

Learn how to create fun tessellated tile art with artist Racquel Keller. Community Forklift’s Community Giving Manager Susana also has a cameo! In 2022, Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program provided Springhill Lake Elementary School in...

Salvaged materials help create a vibrant elementary school staff lounge

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...

Community partner AbodesJoy teaches home repair and renovation skills to women from under-resourced communities

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,...

Free materials for a Little Free Library and food pantry at Cherokee Lane Elementary School

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...

A warm welcome at Cooper Lane Elementary School

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...

Community Forklift provided the Washington Bridge Unit with a free water heater

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....
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