The awards will go towards six Kentucky Product Development Initiative projects in Butler, Fulton, Owen, Powell and Warren Counties.
The event works to help families who may not be able to afford Christmas presents, as well as children who may have been victims or witnesses to crimes.
One of the projects, a five-story patient care tower in Bowling Green, will house the region's first Level III NICU.
Veterinarians across the country are reporting seeing a rise in the number of dogs with severe respiratory illness.
One of them includes a business in Warren County with an investment of over $2.6 million.