CEDAR (coal education development and Resources) of Southern West Virginia, has just completed their eleventh year. Over that period, CEDAR has provided 457 teachers with approximately $116,385 in grant money to utilize in their classroom teaching about the many benefits coal has to offer. 12,372 students have been involved in these coal study units in Mingo, Logan, Boone, McDowell and Wyoming counties.
During the week of April 30 – May 4, approximately 800 visitors toured the projects (241) at the Harless Community Center in Gilbert. To date, CEDAR and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College have awarded $70,000 in scholarship monies to students from the participating counties.