Why not work w/ the kids in your programs to do something creative? I bet if 
you buy plain old shovels and give the kids some paint and arts supplies, 
they'll come up w/ really creative, one-of-a-kind approaches to commemorative 
shovels. (I'm assuming you already have kids in your programs in your current 
building and the groundbreaking is for a new building.)

Or, if you don't have kids in your programs and you have funds, why not 
commission an artist to create the commemorative shovels. Again, you'd go the 
extra step to be different from any other groundbreaking. (But please, don't 
ask the artist to do it for free---after all, the architects, the masons, the 
carpenters, the interior designers, etc. aren't working for free either, 
right?)

I've always thought that those of us who work in creative/cultural fields 
should shy away from ordering things from a catalogue. But, given our 
workloads, many times that's the only thing we can do!

Good luck w/ your groundbreaking.

María Muñoz-Blanco
Deputy Director
Fulton County Arts Council
141 Pryor St. SW, Suite 2030
Atlanta, GA  30303
(404) 730-5780
Fax: (404) 730-5798
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Visit the Fulton County Arts Council website at www.fultonarts.org.

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