St. Luke's Miners Campus to Host Veterans Breakfast on Veterans Day

On Sunday November 11^th, St. Luke’s Miners Campus will host a free breakfast for area veterans and their families from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the hospital cafeteria at 360 West Ruddle Street, Coaldale, PA.  Guests who are accompanying veterans can eat at a cost of $4.00 per person.  St. Luke’s Miners Campus administrators and staff members will serve the breakfast and thank veterans for their service.     

Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, creamed chip beef, French toast, bacon, hash browns, fruit, mini bagels, pastries, orange juice and coffee. The event will feature veteran and family photos, health screenings, prize drawings and more.  To register for the breakfast, visit https://go.activecalendar.com/sluhn/event/veterans-breakfast-1 or call St. Luke’s InfoLink toll-free at 1-866-STLUKES (prompt #4).

Media Contact:

Sam Kennedy, Corporate Communications Director, 484-526-4134, samuel.kennedy@sluhn.org

About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 14,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue greater than $2 billion, the Network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe and Schuylkill counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.  Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the region’s first and only regional medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 28 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 226 residents and fellows.  St. Luke’s is the only health care system in central-eastern Pennsylvania to earn Medicare’s five-star rating (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  St. Luke’s has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health (formerly Truven Health Analytics) repeatedly – six times total and four years in a row including 2018.  It has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.  Utilizing the EPIC electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.