Monday, August 11, 2025
August 11th (8-11 day) serves as a convenient reminder for Pennsylvania residents to always contact 811 before digging to alert the underground facility owners to mark their underground utility lines.
Take advantage of the national 811 materials to promote safety and best practices within your community or businesses.
- To view a document, please click on one of the links below
- To save a document or image, you may right-click on it and SAVE AS, or press the Control Key + S on your keyboard
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It's easy to get involved.
- Download the public outreach campaign document to use with your social media posts, website, articles, press releases, radio broadcasts or podcasts
- Post creatives on your social media channel, website or write articles and include the images with your press releases or newsletters
- Download the "Talking Points" document for your safety meetings
- Download the images to promote safe digging with a right click and selecting "save image as" onto your computer
- Publish the 811 Day PRESS RELEASE on your website, newsletter, or social media channel increase awareness
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Pennsylvania 811 partnered with some of our local sports teams in Pennsylvania to promote safe digging practices.
The State College Spikes promoted safe digging practices at their August 10th game and continue to showcase 8/11 Day with social media, :30 video board features during the week, streaming spots at all August home and away games and showcasing our logo on the home plate LED board.
Pennsylvania 811 was at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds game in Pittsburgh, where we were a participant in the game ball delivery, halftime interviews, :30 second commercial during pre-game and halftime of the Aug 9th & Aug 16th game and there will be a P.A. read about 811 at 8:11 pm. Our logo with tagline will play on the LED Rotational Board during the remaining 2025 games, social media promotions on all platforms leading up to the game, :30 TV commercial on August 9th and 16th, our logo on the Riverhounds website and their app.
On August 10th, the Williamsport Crosscutters started a media blitz with advertising through their local media, website and social media. There was an on-field interview pre-game, :30 audio commercials on the Cutters streaming broadcast as well as a :30 commercials pre-game and during. UGI also be manned an awareness booth in the main concourse on game day.
The York Revolution had a pre-game first pitch and a speech to start the game on August 10th. Two half-inning animated graphics between innings featured on the left and right side of the video board as well as both field level HD display boards. We had an interview on-air on WOYK 98.9 on August 10 and four :30 second in-game radio commercials.
On August 9th, the Altoona Curve had a first pitch thrown by our very own Erika Dominick pre-game. Radio broadcast interview for ½ inning. There will be PA Announcements during the game thanking sponsors and our logo on the video board during postgame fireworks show.
On August 12, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders had an on-air radio interview. We had an opportunity for a first pitch pre-game, as well as an awareness table that will have an on-site “in-game drop” to promote safe digging.
