by Community Forklift Team | Dec 18, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Turning surplus new toys into joy for schools and nonprofits Nearly 4,900 new toys found their way to area children through a donation distributed through Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks (CBB) program. Two local nonprofits and five Title I schools are...
by Community Forklift Team | Oct 13, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Community Forklift is probably best known for giving a second life to surplus and secondhand building materials, from tile to appliances to windows and lighting. In 2024 alone, nearly 12,000 pieces of furniture were saved from meeting their end in a landfill, and...
by Community Forklift Team | Mar 27, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
When The Mandala School, Inc. opened in 2020, they had a vision for a different kind of learning environment. They believed in an immersive, engaging, and individualized educational experience focused on project-based learning in science, technology, engineering,...
by Community Forklift Team | Jan 31, 2025 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Upcycling secondhand doors into salvage art Can functional items be turned into fine art? That’s the challenge that was posed to art students at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Brian Davis, adjunct professor of sculpture, is inspired by the vision and...
by Community Forklift Team | Mar 6, 2024 | Community Building Blocks, Community Giving Programs
Community Forklift’s Community Building Blocks program provided free materials to the Seat Pleasant Elementary School Welcome Space – a lobby area that now has comfortable seating for parents, students, and community partners to enjoy. The new Welcome Space is not...
