The WV Coal Association's Friends of Coal has denounced the Ohio Valley Environmental Council (OVEC) as
an extremist organization. They are boycotting Kroger for including OVEC in their gift card program. If you would
like to show your support for the wonderful work OVEC is doing in their fight against mountain top removal strip
mining you are encouraged to purchase a Kroger gift card and write and /or email Kroger and encourage them
to continue including OVEC in their gift card program.
Here is the process for buying an OVEC Kroger gift card-- Go to the OVEC website
www.ohvec.org and just
down from the top of the homepage,in the center,is a link with full explanation and a printable pdf application to
mail in. You the Kroger shopper buys a Kroger gift card from OVEC for $20, it is preloaded with $20; then as
you shop at Kroger, pay for your purchase with the gift card,making sure you have it sufficiently recharged at
the customer service desk before you check out. You can load the Kroger card with any amount up to $500
and spend it over time, & OVEC get's 5% of whatever you spend. If you normally pay for groceries with a credit
card,you can just recharge your gift card with the same credit card, continuing to earn frequent-flier miles,bonus
points,cash back,or whatever.