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Hannah Kahn, a 2015 graduate of Salisbury High School, volunteers for Laundry on Linden at the Family Wash Day laundromat in downtown Allentown, getting hands-on experience to complement the book learning, case studies, exams and other rigors that are part of her intensive physician training.
It’s time for our annual review of the most-read stories on Saucon Source by the numbers, and as the list demonstrates, the subjects they involved ran the gamut. From stories about a new restaurant and what things cost 100 years ago to our coverage of a tragedy in Hellertown, Saucon Source was there to inform the communities we serve.
In 2022, as in several years previously, the most popular name for girls will be Olivia and the most popular name for boys will be Liam, according to Names.org, which bases its predictions on data obtained from SSA.gov. How closely do these baby names correspond with the names of babies born at St. Luke’s hospital campuses in 2022?
Tyrese Martin grew up in Allentown, where he was a standout basketball player at William Allen High School. Having achieved success playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Martin now hopes to help kids in Allentown and the surrounding Lehigh Valley find a path to success in partnership with St. Luke’s University Health Network.
Just in time to help soften holiday stress in the classroom, Marvine Elementary School in Bethlehem and St. Luke’s University Health Network are opening a “Mustang Mindfulness Room,” which will be a stress-management haven in the school for teachers and staff.
Nearly 65 residents spread across seven residency programs within St. Luke’s University Health Network recently participated in a friendly competition to see which division could generate the most blood donations for the Miller-Keystone Blood Center.
“This prestigious achievement reflects St. Luke’s unwavering focus on providing exceptional care to our patients at all times, no matter the challenges,” said Donna Sabol, St. Luke’s Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, of the latest Leapfrog awards.
The ceremonial scoop-and-scatter of shovelfuls of soil by officials at St. Luke’s Allentown Campus earlier this week marked the start of construction of the hospital’s new Women & Babies Pavilion, which will increase the community’s access to high-quality birthing, post-partum and newborn services, including neonatal intensive care.
John Nespoli, President of the St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Lehighton and Carbon campuses, was chosen by the Boy Scouts of America’s Minsi Trails Council to receive its 2022 Carbon County Friends of Scouting Distinguished Citizen award. He received the award Oct. 27 during a dinner held at Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton.
Thanks to the compassion, knowledge and surgical skills of pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dustin Greenhill, MD, of St. Luke’s Orthopedic Care, Kennedy Woods can sit and stand for hours and walk easily, with her back now as straight as her teenage peers.’
St. Luke’s University Health Network and Moravian Academy have announced a partnership that will provide comprehensive sports medicine and health care services for members of the Moravian Academy family.
