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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – This Musikfest, scheduled for August 6-15, combine your enjoyment of the music, food and other festivities while improving your health.
St. Luke’s University Health Network is teaming up with Musikfest’s nonprofit ArtsQuest, adding a Musikfest walking challenge to its popular Get Your Tail on the Trail program that encourages people of all ages and abilities to log 165 miles of activity from May 1 to November 8.
Participants in the Trail challenge are asked to log their miles walking from platz to platz in Bethlehem’s SouthSide Arts District or Bethlehem’s Historic Moravian District. All activities are logged on the Get Your Tail on the Trail new app or website. Log at least 10 miles at these locations during the 10-day festival and you will be automatically entered to win two front row tickets for next year’s Main Stage lineup at Musikfest.
“New this year, the Musikfest challenge was created to encourage the opportunity for physical activity while experiencing the excitement of Musikfest,” said Kathy Ramson, DNP, RN, Network Director Healthy Living Initiatives. Ramson said St. Luke’s was inspired to add the Musikfest challenge because many Musikfest volunteers participate in the 165-mile challenge and rack up miles during the festival. The goal of both challenges is to encourage healthy lifestyles and bring the community together, Ramson said.
Get Your Tail on the Trail activities include walking, running, biking, rolling, hiking, treadmilling, paddling, adventuring, and others – any activity done for more than 10 minutes at a time each day. The challenge is 165 miles because that’s the approximate length of the D&L Trail, which runs from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, Pennsylvania. While the program doesn’t require participants to exercise exclusively on the 165-mile D&L Trail, it is a great centerpiece resource.
Participation in the 165-mile challenge and the Musikfest portion are free. Prizes are mailed to those who complete the 165-mile challenge once it is over. Prizes have included ponchos, backpacks, mobile telephone holders and more.
Participants need to download the app and register to be able to log their activities. The app is available at www.tailonthetrail.org. Participants also can follow @TailontheTrail and @
The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is a co-sponsor of the Get Your Tail on the Trail challenge, now in its ninth year. Since the program was launched in 2013, over 10,000 participants have logged more than 5 million miles.
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 17,000 employees providing services at 12 hospitals sites and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $2.7 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 established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 38 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 347 residents and fellows. St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Luke’s #1 in the Lehigh Valley and #6 in the state. Three of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals are St. Luke’s hospitals. St. Luke’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health nine times total and seven years in a row, including in 2021 when it was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, IBM Watson Health also named St. Luke’s among the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. 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.
Information provided to TVLon behalf of Mary Beth Golab(SLUHN) by:
Nicole Harrell
ArtsQuest Director of Communications
http://www.artsquest.org/
