Abstract: A shovel with improved lifting means includes a blade portion, a handle member and a lifting bar. The blade portion has a material-transporting surface and an opposite side rear surface to which one end of the handle is rigidly attached. The lifting bar is attached to the material-transporting surface by a ball and socket connection and extends in length approximately two feet from its point of pivotal attachment. The length of the lifting bar is slightly less than the length of the handle such that the user of the shovel may stand in a substantially upright position and push the shovel forward by means of the handle to collect material on the material-transporting surface, while holding the end of the lifting bar. Once material is collected on the material-transporting surface, the user lifts up on the lifting bar in combination with the handle member in order to move the collected material to another location.