The Boy Scout Summit in Fayette County has a need for their shower houses.  They need something for participants to put their clothing in while they shower and to keep it off the ground.  Benches are expensive.  If you company has or knows of any kind of cache of old bath house baskets on chains that could retrofit to the stalls, adding to the entire theme, please contact the Association.

The 2012 Friends of Coal Auto Fair is set for July 20 – 22 at the Beckley YMCA Paul Cline Memorial Sports Center.  Saturday Night’s Concert line-up is Ronnie Dunn with special guest James Wesley and is being sponsored by Alpha Natural Resources.  For Concert tickets, pre-registration for the car show and vendors, please go to:  http://www.friendsofcoalautofair.com/

Registration is beginning to roll in for the Annual meeting at The Greenbrier.  If you did not receive registration information please let us know.  sdavison@wvcoal.com

The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary has a new web site and are asking everyone to visit the new web site www.friendsofcoalladies.com as many times as you can.  For each time you visit, the web site moves up so when you type “coal” into your search engine the web site will be one of the top listed in your search.   The site also hosts a full store for purchase of FOC items and wearing apparel.

The Kanawha Valley Mining Institute 23rd Annual Hatfield Open Golf Outing is sent for Tuesday, September 18, 1012, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Brier Patch Golf Club in Beckley, WV.

To register for this event go to:  http://www.kvmi.org/Registration.html

There will be $1,600 in golf prizes for the winners of the golf events, plus chances for additional hole-in-one prizes, as well as numerous door prizes.  Every golf participant will receive a special gift.