<p>photo by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Members of the local Boys Scouts troop received a $500 mini-grant from the Youth Leadership and Philanthropy Initiative of Perry County.</p>

photo by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Members of the local Boys Scouts troop received a $500 mini-grant from the Youth Leadership and Philanthropy Initiative of Perry County.

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Youth philanthropy group awards first grant
by Cris Ritchie
Editor
08:00 AM, Friday, May 24
HAZARD – A local youth-oriented philanthropy group this week awarded its very first grant. Members of the Youth Leadership and Philanthropy Initiative (YLPI) of Perry County presented the $500 mini-grant to a local Boy Scouts troop. The money w...

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