Show Your Passion For Living In Area Code 813 On Aug. 13

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — For more than five years, Hillsborough residents have shared a passion for their community on Aug. 13 with social media posts, photos and stories of adventures in the 813 area code. This year, residents and businesses are getting creative to show their love for the 813.

To help spread the word on social media on 813 Day, residents, businesses and fans of the home area code can help in two ways.

Make 813 Your Own - It's easy to show your love for the borough with objects you have lying around your house or organization. Collect your found objects and create an "813" image out of them. While Hillsborough County is launching this challenge on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms on Aug. 13, you can share your photos and videos in advance by direct message to the county's social team.

Participants are encouraged to post their "813" to their own social accounts using the hashtag #813Day as well. Maybe a Hillsborough resident with a woodworking shop will put together an 813 sign out of scrap lumber, or a toddler might make an 813 out of teddy bears.

Light Up the 813 - Does your organization have the ability to light up its building or grounds? Hillsborough County is asking for your help in painting the county sky orange on #813Day. Direct message the county's social team with photos or videos of a test run, so they can be pieced together for a "light up" on social at 8:13 p.m. on Aug. 13. Your organization will join locations around the community in celebrating #813Day (at night).

Follow and tag @HillsboroughFL on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and now TikTok to join in the fun. Remember to use #813Day on all of your fun social posts for a chance to be featured.

You Know You're From The 813 When...

Whether you're a Hillsborough County native or an "8-1-3" transplant, you probably can relate to most (if not all) of these situations:

1. You know the staple ingredients for a true Hillsborough County Cuban sandwich include mustard, Swiss, ham, fresh pork, Genoa salami, and pickles on pressed Cuban bread.
2. Hearing the cannons roar on game day in #BucsBorough.
3. Spending your weekend with your favorite amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles at ZooTampa.
4. You never knew hiking was a thing in Hillsborough County until you were introduced to the annual Hiking Spree.
5. You know better than to leave the house without a poncho or umbrella on any given summer afternoon between 3 and 4 p.m.
6. Wearing flip-flops 365 days of the year is normal.
7. You consider the Florida State Fair and the Strawberry Festival holidays in their own right and look forward to Fair Day.
8. Explaining to out-of-towners that one isn't simply a Lightning fan… one must #BetheThunder.
9. Your inner pirate comes out once a year for Gasparilla.
10. You've run, walked or rollerbladed Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, the world's longest continuous sidewalk.
11. You consider yourself a foodie and know the best places to entertain out-of-town guests.
12. You're less than an hour from any of the beautiful Bay area beaches.
13. And at the end of the day, you live, work and play in paradise.

Want to show off your 8-1-3 pride? Add the official #813Day filter to your Facebook profile photo and use the #813Day hashtag on Twitter and Instagram! You can also download the official #813Day filter to use on social media.