St. Luke’s University Health Network Announced as Presenting Sponsor of Celebration Dinner



 

(December 12, 2017, Bethlehem, PA) The Foundation for the Bethlehem Area School District is pleased to announce St. Luke’s University Health Network as the presenting sponsor of the third annual Celebration Dinner, to be held on March 20, 2018.

“We are extremely pleased and excited to support The Foundation for the BASD. The school district is so important in preparing our future generations to thrive in our community. St. Luke’s and BASD working and caring together make our community stronger, says Bob Martin, Chief Strategic Officer for the St. Luke’s Health Network.

This annual dinner event has a unique atmosphere offering guests dinner & drinks, musical performances by students, student expos, a silent auction and “Are you smarter than a BASD 5th Grader?” trivia game. Contributions to the Celebration Dinner provide funding and support to projects and programs that enhance the learning opportunity for all students of the Bethlehem Area School District. For sponsorship and ticket information, and to learn more about this event, visit thefoundation.beth.k12.pa.us

Created to strengthen, enhance and enrich the educational experiences of the students of the Bethlehem Area School District, The Foundation for the Bethlehem Area School District was established in 1999. It is governed by a volunteer board of trustees, composed of business and community leaders who lend expertise to the operations of the organization. The Foundation’s focus has been helping educators deliver innovative teaching to students inside and outside the classroom. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, The Foundation raises funds through tax-deductible contributions to promote innovative educational programs that enhance the existing curriculum of Bethlehem Area School District. The Foundation provides funding towards Teacher Innovation Grants, Service-Learning Grants, Project Lead the Way Engineering Program, Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science Program, Curriculum based field trips and the Farm to School program at Broughal Middle School.

 

To learn more about The Foundation for the Bethlehem Area School District, visit thefoundation.beth.k12.pa.us

About St. Luke’s University Health Network

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network providing services at seven hospitals and more than 270 outpatient sites in the greater Lehigh Valley. The network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.  In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the region’s first and only regional medical school campus. Dedicated to advancing health education, St. Luke’s operates the nation’s oldest School of Nursing and 23 graduate medical educational programs and is considered a major teaching hospital – the only one in its region. Repeatedly, including 2017, St. Luke’s earned Truven’s 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital and 50 Top Cardiovascular Program designations, in addition to other honors for clinical excellence. St. Luke’s is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of St. Luke’s information technology applications such as electronic medical records, telehealth, online scheduling and pricing information. St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers. To learn more about St. Luke’s University Health Network, visit sluhn.org

 

 

Information provided to TVL By:
Barbara Clymer
Assistant to the Superintendent
Bethlehem Area School District
1516 Sycamore Street
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017

Press Release By:
Julie Bailey
Executive Director
The Foundation for the Bethlehem Area School District