|
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 02:50 |
We would like to take this opportunity to familiarize you with the Friends of Coal Ladies’ Auxiliary and explain our mission and involvement within the community.
In July, 2007, a group of concerned women decided that it was time someone began to promote coal and its role in our state and national energy policies. We felt that a group without direct economic ties to coal companies could enhance the image of coal and combat some of the adverse publicity coal receives on a daily basis in the press and from many organized environmental groups. Our mission has been to educate the public and raise the awareness of citizens to the benefits of coal. To date our efforts have been received by the business community with welcoming arms; we have been pleasantly surprised by the positive feedback and interest we have received from the press. The Ladies’ Auxiliary has been accepted as an unbiased group whose greatest concern is educating the public on the importance of coal as part of our national energy plan.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Coal in Classroom wrapping up for now |
|
Thursday, 28 May 2009 04:45 |
|
May 28, 2009 · The president of the West Virginia Coal Association visited St. Francis Elementary school in Beckley. Raney spoke with third graders as part of a Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary project called Coal in the Classroom. St. Francis was the first school to adopt the curriculum but it’s expected to expand to the public school system this fall. The fifth and final Coal in the Classroom session wrapped up on Wednesday. Now, Morgan Hylton says she has a better understanding of what her dad does for a living. “My dad is an above ground miner,” Hylton said. “Learn they burn coal to make electricity if we didn’t have it we wouldn’t be able to have a lot of stuff.” |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
