SAFE DIGGING MONTH
KICKS OFF APRIL 1
This April marks the tenth annual National Safe Digging Month , reminding Florida residents to always call 811 two full business days before any digging project .
This awareness initiative is designed to elevate awareness of and prevention of diggingrelated damage to underground utilities . And it takes everyone working together to bring a single message to Florida , Know what ’ s below . Call 811 before you dig .
We offer a number of tools you can download and use free of charge . Tools like banners , a news release , social media messages and even a game to promote on your website .
Here are just a few things you can do with the items you ’ ll find in the toolkit :
• Spread our message on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn and other social networks . Make sure you use the hashtag # call811 and / or # nsdm .
• Submit an op-ed to your local print / online paper .
• Fly a free “ Call 811 before you dig ” banner at your jobsite .
• Ask your city or county to issue a Safe Digging Month proclamation .
• Place a Safe Digging Month button on your company website .
• Send our news release to your media contacts .
• Run 30-second PSA on your cable access channels .
Motivating excavators and homeowners to adopt the call-811-before-you-dig policy and practice safe digging will ultimately save lives and protect property and the environment . We thank you in advance for your support of this initiative .
Visit our Safe Digging Month Page at : http :// www . sunshine811 . com / news /
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8 DITCHMEN • FEBRUARY 2017