ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The 14 Ohio Valley organizations that shared in six figures worth of grant money from the River Valley Health Fund accomplished an impressive feat, officials from the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley said Wednesday morning. In one of the largest fields of applicants in the fund’s history, the group that assembled at the ECO Center on the campus of Belmont College stood above the rest in earning crucial dollars to fund projects improving the health and wellness of the region’s population.

Organizations up and down the valley were awarded grants from $5,000 up to $10,000 for projects geared to strengthening the health and well being of the Ohio Valley’s communities.

The competition for grant dollars has only grown more fierce, CFOV Program Officer Debbie Stanton s

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