Thanks to widespread support, we have reached our initial goal of 250 applications for the new Friends of Coal license plates.  This will enable the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to proceed with the manufacturing of the plates.  Additional applications are encouraged and need to be sent to the Association.  Thanks to everyone for their quick response and support. 

Thanksgiving is about family, and the Friends of Coal would like to wish the 60,000 members of our family a Happy and Joyous Thanksgiving.

We have a lot to be thankful for this year. Due to leaders with vision and commitment to our state, we have been able to avoid much of the financial problems facing the rest of the country.  Together, we made a difference and made our voices heard in Washington. You have stood together to overcome every challenge, to help each other through tragedy and pain, and to fight the good fight against those would end the use of coal.

We are proud of you and we are proud of the work you do. 

We urge everyone traveling this weekend to be safe, as they make their way to Grandma's House.

A message from the Friends of Coal.

The initial announcement of the West Virginia Friends of Coal license plate was sent to all Coal Bits recipients and the Friends of Coal data base last week and we have the beginning of our 250 initial applications being returned.  If you did not receive or misplaced your application, you can find it on either WVCA’s or FOC’s websites:  www.wvcoal.com or www.friendsofcoal.org.  Or contact our office and it can be e-mailed directly to you.  As per the instructions, the application MUST be completed in its entirety (every block completed) and returned to our office with a $70.00 check made payable to WV Coal Foundation.  The new WV license plate has been designed to look about the same as Kentucky’s, Virginia’s and Tennessee’s plate so the FOC will have a resounding presence on the highway.  Look forward to processing your application!

Renews call for fight against anti-coal agenda of Obama Administration

CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Coal Association and Friends of Coal would like to congratulate Senator Joe Manchin on his election to the unexpired two-year term of the late-Sen. Robert C. Byrd.  Manchin has been strong and effective governor. We believe he will continue to be a strong voice for coal and the West Virginia coal miner in Washington. He has repeatedly stood up to the Democratic leadership in Congress and to the Obama Administration on our people’s behalf while trying to break the logjam of permits from the federal EPA.

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