by Community Forklift Team | Aug 21, 2025 | News
Millions of tons of building materials are sent to the landfill every year. Fortunately, salvaging and repurposing construction materials is gaining traction as an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative. Using salvaged building materials in construction and DIY...
by Community Forklift Team | Jun 26, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
3,013 homes. That’s how many houses Clinton, Maryland-based nonprofit Christmas in April has supported with home improvement help since their founding in 1989. Over the past 36 years, this organization has set out to help the most vulnerable in Prince George’s County....
by Community Forklift Team | Jun 19, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
YARD SALE 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 can for years. That’s my favorite thing to do,” she...
by Community Forklift Team | Aug 16, 2024 | News
We are proud to announce that Spur Local (formerly known as the Catalogue for Philanthropy) has included Community Forklift in their 2024 class of critical local nonprofits. The class consists of 137 Greater Washington area community-based organizations that work...
by Community Forklift Team | Feb 29, 2024 | News
Have you ever wondered how far across the DMV the salvaged lumber we sold last year would stretch? Are you curious how many households received free materials in 2023 through our Home Essentials Program? Or what issue areas are addressed by our Community Building...
