I apologize for the somewhat off-topic nature of this post, but I can't think of a better place to ask it. I attend a small church in the Philadelphia suburbs. There is a lovely creek nearby which is now a nature preserve, and has a trail running alongside which is used frequently by hikers and bikers. This trail runs right along the edge of our property at one point. We'd like to open ourselves up more to the community than we have been in the past, and see if we could get some more people to start coming to services. One of my fellow congregants has had the excellent idea to put up one of those stands/kiosks/whatever you want to call them that you often see at trailheads, next to park offices, etc. Instead of the bulletin board, we'd have a sign welcoming people and letting them know when our services are, and we'd put religious literature in the rack below rather than park brochures. (And for those who saw the thread about leaving religious books in shelters--YES, we'd be careful to make sure they didn't blow all over the place. )
The question is, where do you get things like that? Are there companies that make them, or are they pretty much DIY projects? If the latter, where could we find info on how to make them? Any advice anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.