by Susana Salazar | Mar 25, 2021 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
As they say on the stage, “The show must go on.” The Best Medicine Rep, a local nonprofit theater company located in Gaithersburg, takes that message to heart even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges of putting on productions during the pandemic, they...
by Susana Salazar | Feb 22, 2021 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Patuxent Riverkeeper Fred Tutman Located on a rural site in Upper Marlboro, MD, there is a Visitor’s Center operated by the Patuxent Riverkeeper. Along with offering maps and sundries for visitors, the Visitor’s Center is home to the river caretakers who provide...
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 Susana Salazar | Dec 16, 2020 | Community Giving Programs
This year has been a challenging one and Community Forklift has been there as an essential business that serves the most vulnerable affected by the pandemic. Through the Home Essentials Program (HELP), we’ve distributed $46,499.71 in materials to 567 people in 189...
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...
