Happy Spring to our Sunshine 811 community! |
Safe Digging Month is almost here! We’re sharing tools and resources to help amplify the safe digging message, prevent damage and protect crews and communities.
Inside this month’s newsletter, you’ll find ways to prepare for Safe Digging Month, a timely St. Patrick’s Day reminder to dig safely, ideas to position your company as a safe digging leader and an easy way to promote awareness at your own facility. Let’s keep working together to advance safety and damage prevention. |
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Get Ready for Safe Digging Month |
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Cut the Risk. Not the Line.Spread the word and promote safety during Safe Digging Month.Each year, Safe Digging Month serves as an important reminder that contacting 811 and getting a locate ticket before digging is required by law and essential to protecting underground utilities, preventing service disruptions and keeping our communities safe. It takes all of us working together to encourage and reinforce safety, and motivate changes focused on following the right steps and avoiding digging that’s dangerous. We need your help! |
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Our 2026 Safe Digging Month webpage Sunshine811.com/SDM is live and packed with tools you can use to spread the word. Check out our toolkit, complete with: - Social media posts
- Educational fact sheets
- Ready-to-use messaging
- Downloadable resources
Whether you’re a utility, contractor, municipality or community partner, this toolkit makes it easy to participate in Safe Digging Month and spread awareness across your networks. Let’s work together to make Florida the safest place to dig! |
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| | Don't Rely on Luck to Dig Safely |
| When it comes to safe digging, luck isn’t a strategy. Avoiding damage to underground utilities is all about doing what’s right and committing to safety. Failure to contact 811 and get a locate ticket remains the leading cause of damage. Lucky for you, Sunshine 811 has a “pot of gold” of resources, videos, tutorials and more to help you navigate the safe digging process. Check out our Learning Center – which is frequently updated with new information and materials. |
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Springtime Building Boost -How to Promote Your Company as a Safe Digging Leader |
| Let the surge in project starts begin! It’s no secret that spring is the most active season in Florida for scheduling construction starts, making it the most common and competitive period for launching new commercial projects that often include ceremonial groundbreakings.
If you’re a contractor and are planning to be part of a client’s press event or groundbreaking – or are planning to do some PR of your own – ensure your clients and stakeholders understand your unwavering commitment to safety and safe digging. Sunshine 811 can help you deliver that message. |
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An easy way to spread the safe digging message in 2026 |
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Last year, we began distributing free window clings to equipment rental partners and other industry allies to help keep the safe digging message visible where it matters most. These simple decals serve as consistent, everyday reminders for crews and customers to contact 811 before any excavation work begins. We’re continuing that effort in 2026, and they’re available to you, too! If you’d like to display a Sunshine 811 window cling and share the importance of safe digging, please request one using the form below! | | |
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| | | | Visit Sunshine 811’s calendar for the latest events and meeting updates.We look forward to seeing you soon! | | |
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| | Sunshine 811 | 11 Plantation Road | DeBary, FL 32713 |
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