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 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 Scott Buga | Jul 10, 2020 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs, News
July 10, 2020 In July of 2018, Girl Scout Troop 6899 used a grant from Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program to create a food pantry near the entrance to the St. Jerome Catholic Church parking lot at 5205 43rd Ave. in Hyattsville, MD. The grand...
by Susana Salazar | Jul 7, 2020 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
LSSNCA case managers Layth and Tesfay worked hard to ensure this family had the necessary furnishings to turn their apartment into a home. July 7, 2020 Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks (CBB) Program and the local nonprofit Lutheran Social Services...
