FREE EVENT: COMMUNITY FORKLIFT’S “HALF” BIRTHDAY PARTY Community Forklift is a Nonprofit Thrift Store for Home Improvement. They’re turning 7 ½ years old and celebrating with a half-birthday party halfway through June. Discover a warehouse full of home-improvement items, for half the price! Join the celebration for half-price special sales, live music, and DIY workshops! Help them blow out the candles on their cake, and celebrate Father’s Day a day early. When: Saturday, June 15 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM Where: Community Forklift - 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, Maryland **near the D.C.-Prince George’s line in the Hyattsville area** Bring your friends, your dad, your kids and your (leashed) pets! The celebration will include: Live music! Join in our 1st annual local live music festival – show off your moves on the dance floor, or bring a lawn chair to relax and enjoy good tunes! 9:30-10:30: Lennard Jack, Jr of Panmasters (steel drums) 11:00-12:00: Wild Anacostias (New Orleans jazz band) 12:30-1:30: Doublethink (acoustic rock) 2:00-3:00: Julie Barnet (Latin American folk) 3:30-4:30: M.R. Jam Band (classic rock/R&B) DIY Workshops Attend an array of DIY workshops to inspire you to complete your half-finished projects! 9:30-10:30: Handtools 101 – presented by Mr Fix-it Mr Fix-it will be giving hands-on demonstrations to show you how to use a variety of basic handtools. Find a funky old tool in our 50% off tool sale? Bring it over to the Resource Room and ask the expert! 11:00-12:00: Transforming Food into Art: A Professional Watermelon Carving Demonstration – presented by Oswald Fernandes of Cuisine Beauties Oswald Fernandes, a professional chef and Kitchen Artist, will lead a demonstration of traditional fruit carving techniques. Learn how to add a touch of beauty & elegance with his freestyle carving masterpieces that are as unique as you. 12:30-1:30: Introduction to Backyard Chicken Coop Design – presented by Ryan Cooper Ryan will cover the basics of what to consider as you plan and build housing for a backyard chicken flock. We will cover issues such as coop size and dimensions, predator protection, insulation and ventilation, ease of cleaning, and much more. 2:00-3:00: Rain Barrel Installation – presented by Ben Hackett of District Garden It’s rain barrel season! Ben Hackett will discuss residential rainwater management, and go over the basics of why and how to install rain barrels. He’ll demonstrate with CF’s new model rain barrel, installed courtesy of District Garden. 3:30-4:30: How to restore an antique table – presented by Charles Thomas of Millinium Properties Charles Thomas will be talking about the antique furniture restoration process and demonstrating techniques on an antique table he has restored. Creative Activities for Children of All Ages! Mike McMullin orchestrates “Community Site Painting”, a process whereby participants in gathered groups are asked to collaborate in an expressive activity capturing some of the feelings of the moment, using paint to get their message out, to record the energy that brings them together. Help us create a community painting to decorate our Reuse Resource Room! SCRAP-DC will be partnering with Community Forklift to host a crafting area where Forklift Fans and their children can engage in creating fun musical instruments from recycled materials, such as: Bottle Cap Tambourines Water Bottle Maracas Water Bottle Guiros Paper Plate Tambourines Paper Plate Shakers Half-Price Specials, only on June 15th! • Take 50% off the marked price on all CF appliances. (Sale does not include items with missing or damaged price tags, items from our consignment partners, or select specialty items.) • Take 50% off Tools! CF Power and Hand Tools are 50% off. (Sale does not include hardware, items from our consignment partners, or select specialty items.) • Take 50% off any piece of Granite & Marble Countertop. (Sale does not include sink vanities, kitchen cabinet sets, stone tile, other stone, or select specialty items.) Certain details & exclusions may apply — see store for details. Raffles! One free raffle ticket to all party-goers! Buy more tickets to increase your chances. Winners will be called every hour between bands. Food! DC’s first and only traveling culinary carnival, the fojol bros. Merlindian food truck will be serving up its delightments in our courtyard from 11am-3pm. The fojol bros. serve delicious and healthy meals with no preservatives, offering both vegetarian and meat dishes. The fojol bros. go the extra mile for our planet by serving their food with certified biodegradable & compostable utensils, and delivering used eating materials to recycling and composting facilities. Cake Contest! Bring your best half-themed birthday cake by 11 AM to be entered into the contest. Cakes will be judged by Forklift Fans based on their visual appearance and how well they represent the “half-birthday” theme. Gift certificates will be awarded to the bakers with the most votes! We’ll serve the cakes as soon as the winners are announced, at noon. dcthriftymom/2013/06/13/free-event-community-forklift-celebrates-half-birthday-party/
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:11:39 +0000
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