Wednesday, October 5, 2011

UBB Memorial Group Exceeds Goal

{West Virginia}...The Upper Big Branch Mining Memorial Group has announced it has met and exceeded its Miners Memorial project fundraising goal of $250,000. As of October 1st, the group had collected $326,000 with another $45,000 pledged but not yet received. When Alpha Natural Resources’ matching gift of $250,000 is added in, the memorial group will have raised more than $620,000 for the project.