Health Department Gets $213,000 Grants from AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation


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The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation's Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM program awarded a $213,000 grant to the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department to support its Appalachian Partnership for Positive Living and Eating (APPLE).

APPLE advocates healthy childhood and youth development through a voluntary, community-based obesity case management program in Ashland-Boyd County.
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